Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь - kangaroo
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кенгуру; настоящий гигантский кенгуру (Macropus) – antelope kangaroo – Bennett's tree kangaroo – black tree kangaroo – bluff-nosed rat kangaroo – broad-faced rat kangaroo – brush kangaroo – common rat kangaroo – desert rat kangaroo – giant red kangaroo – gray kangaroo – hill kangaroo – jerboa kangaroo – large rat kangaroo – long-nosed rat kangaroo – musky kangaroo – plain rat kangaroo – red kangaroo – rufous rat kangaroo – short-nosed rat kangaroo – tree kangaroo ...Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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1. зоол. кенгуру (Macropus gen.) 2. уроженец Австралии 3. парл. разг. "кенгуру", процедурный прием, позволяющий избежать обсуждения неугодных поправок к законопроекту 4. pl. ком. жарг. акции западноавстралийских рудников 5. биржевики, спекулирующие на этих акциях 6. ам. сл. засудить (кого-л.); посадить в тюрьму по сфабрикованному обвинению ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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closure parl. практика, позволяющая председателю комиссии допустить обсуждение лишь некоторых поправок к законопроекту KANGAROO court amer. инсценировка судебного заседания; суд, попирающий принципы справедливости KANGAROO noun 1) кенгуру 2) pl.; coll. акции западно-австралийских рудников 3) pl.; coll. биржевики, спекулирующие на этих акциях - kangaroo closure - kangaroo court ...Англо-русский словарь
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n. a plant-eating marsupial of the genus Macropus, native to Australia and New Guinea, with a long tail and strongly developed hind quarters enabling it to travel by jumping. Phrases and idioms kangaroo closure Brit. Parl. a closure involving the chairperson of a committee selecting some amendments for discussion and excluding others. kangaroo court an improperly constituted or illegal court held by strikers etc. kangaroo mouse any small rodent of the genus Microdipodops, native to N. America, with long hind legs for hopping. kangaroo paw any plant of the genus Angiozanthos, with green and red woolly flowers. kangaroo-rat any burrowing rodent of the genus Dipodomys, having elongated hind feet. kangaroo vine an evergreen climbing plant, Cissus antarctica, with tooth-edged leaves. Etymology: Aboriginal name ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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noun (plural -roos) Etymology: Guugu Yimidhirr (Australian aboriginal language of northern Queensland) ga?urru Date: 1770 any of various herbivorous leaping marsupial mammals (family Macropodidae) of Australia, New Guinea, and adjacent islands with a small head, large ears, long powerful hind legs, a long thick tail used as a support and in balancing, and rather small forelegs not used in locomotion ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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(kangaroos) A kangaroo is a large Australian animal which moves by jumping on its back legs. Female kangaroos carry their babies in a pouch on their stomach. N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ n an Australian animal that moves by jumping and carries its babies in a pouch (=a special pocket of skin) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1770, used by Capt. Cook and botanist Joseph Banks, supposedly an aborigine word from northeast Queensland, Australia, but unknown now in any native language. Perhaps a localism or so mangled in transliteration that it is unrecognizable. Kangaroo court is Amer.Eng., first recorded 1853 (also mustang court), from notion of proceeding by leaps. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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