different between kangaroo vs jerboa

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Guugu Yimidhirr gangurru (“eastern grey kangaroo”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: k?ng-g?-ro?o?, IPA^(key): /ka?.??.??u?/

Noun

kangaroo (plural kangaroos)

1. A member of the Macropodidae family of large marsupials with strong hind legs for hopping, native to Australia. [from 18th c.]
   • 1770, James Cook, Journal, 4 August 1770 [1]:

     Besides the Animals which I have before mentioned, called by the Natives Kangooroo, or Kanguru […].

   • 1814, Matthew Flinders, A Voyage to Terra Australis:

     In the woods are the kanguroo, the emu or cassowary, paroquets, and a variety of small birds […].

2. (Canada, attributive) A hooded jacket with a front pocket, usually of fleece material, a kangaroo jacket.

Synonyms

• (Macropodidae): macropod, roo
• (jacket): bunny hug, hoodie, kangaroo jacket

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• joey
• marsupial
• wallaby
• wallaroo

Verb

kangaroo (third-person singular simple present kangaroos, present participle kangarooing, simple past and past participle kangarooed)

1. To practice kangaroo care on an infant; to hold a premature infant against the skin.
2. To hunt kangaroo.
3. To move like a kangaroo

Derived terms

• kangaroo hop

Adjective

kangaroo (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to Australia.
   • 2005, Year Book Australia: 2006, Aust. Bureau of Statistics, page 708:

     The rapid growth in Kangaroo bond issues in the Australian market has given rise to an interest in the nature, trend and impact of this type of bond on Australia's international investment statistics. While Kangaroo bonds have been issued for a ...

   • 2017, Jeff Madura, CHANDRASEKHAR & MADURA KRISHNAMURTI (JEFF & HOQUE, ARIFUL.), Ariful Hoque, International Financial Management with Student Resource Access 12 Months, Cengage AU (?ISBN), page 667:

     Furthermore, the issuers access the kangaroo bond market in order to diversify their funding sources. ... driven by factors such as the relative cost of issuance, including hedging costs and the liquidity of underlying derivative and bond markets.

   • 2018, Ben Hunt, Chris Terry, Financial Institutions and Markets, Cengage AU (?ISBN), page 206:

     Non-resident. bonds. Bonds issued in the Australian market by non-resident entities are known as kangaroo bonds. Figure 8.6 shows that kangaroo bonds represent approximately one-third of non-government bonds outstanding, making them ...

   • 2009, W. Peng, C. Shu, Currency Internationalization: Global Experiences and Implications for the Renminbi, Springer (?ISBN), page 62:

     3.1.2 The Australian dollar in the global bond market An internationalized currency also serves non-residents as a store of value ... borrowers issuing Australian dollar bonds in the domestic market (foreign bonds known as ' kangaroo bonds').

   • 1998, Business Review Weekly: BRW

     The market is comparatively liquid and the bonds are free of withholding tax if the funds are used overseas. The Commonwealth Bank has largely pioneered the market. It led the first kangaroo issue, a $150million offering by the (South) Korea  ...

   • 2010, Susan Black, Anella Munro, Why Issue Bonds Offshore?

     Some onshore markets have competed more successfully than others. Issuance in the Kangaroo bond market (Australian dollar bonds issued onshore by non- residents) soared over the 2002–06 period due to a combination of factors. While a ...

2. (finance, investments) Characterized by rapidly jumping prices in securities markets or by belief that the prices are unstable in contrast to bear and bull markets.

References

• R. M. W. Dixon, Australian Aboriginal Words, Oxford University Press, 1990, ?ISBN
• “kangaroo” in the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2004.

Manx

Etymology

Borrowed from English kangaroo.

Noun

kangaroo m (genitive singular kangaroo, plural kangarooghyn)

1. kangaroo

Mutation

English

Etymology

From Arabic ????????? (jarb??) or ????????? (yarb??).

Noun

jerboa (plural jerboas)

1. Any of a number of species comprising most of the family Dipodidae, native to the deserts of Asia and northern Africa, being a small, jumping rodent with a long tufted tail, very small forefeet and very long hind legs.
   • 1814, Augustin Calmet, Charles Taylor, Edward Wells, Calmet's Great Dictionary of the Holy Bible, page 293,

     The Arabs, who are forbidden all other kinds of mice, esteem these the greatest delicacies: as those people often are disappointed in digging after them, they have this proverb, "To buy a hole instead of a jerboa."

   • 1999, Ronald M. Nowak (editor), Rodentia; Family Dipopidae: Birch Mice, Jumping Mice, and Jerboas, Walker's Mammals of the World, Volume 1, page 1329,

     The permanent burrows may have emergency exits — side tunnels ending at or near the surface — through which the jerboa "bursts" when threatened by a predator. Jerboas often lie on their side when sleeping in the burrow in order to better accommodate their long legs.

   • 2001, Peter Haggett (editor), China and Taiwan: Animal Life: Desert, River and Forest Specialists, Encyclopedia of World Geography, Volume 24, page 2796,

     The small mammals include typical desert forms such as the burrowing rodents of the jerboa family and the jird or gerbil subfamily. The jerboas, which are widespread across northern Africa and central Asia, are particularly well represented in China: 7 of the 10 genera and 10 of the 29 species occur in the arid, often cold deserts of the north and west.

Synonyms

• (rodent of family Dipodidae): dipodid

Translations

See also

• gerbil
• jird

Further reading

• jerboa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Dipodidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Anagrams

• Jarboe

Finnish

Noun

jerboa

1. Partitive singular form of jerbo.