how to pronounce kangaroo

/ˌkæŋ.ɡəɹˈuː/

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kangaroo is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of kangaroo in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… even the likes of kangaroo or emus can …”

meaning of kangaroo

A kangaroo is a large, hopping marsupial.

kangaroo frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word kangaroo occurs in english on average 1.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics kangaroo can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that kangaroo can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;