different between opossum vs kangaroo

English

Etymology

From Powhatan aposoum (“white animal”), from Proto-Algonquian *wa·p-a??emwa (“white dog”); compare Ojibwe waabasim (“white dog”).

Sometimes falsely attributed to a Latin origin, as if from *oppossum; confer actual Latin possum (“I am able, I can”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??p?s?m/
• (US) enPR: ?-päs??m, IPA^(key): /??p?s?m/ or in abbreviated form like possum, as /?p?s?m/
• Hyphenation: o?pos?sum

Noun

opossum (plural opossums)

1. Any American marsupial of the family Didelphidae. The common species of the United States is Didelphis virginiana.

Synonyms

• possum (US)

Derived terms

• water opossum (Chironectes minimus), yapock
• opossum mouse (Cercartetus nanus)
• opossum rat (Rattus marmosurus)
• opossum shrimp (order Mysida)
• shrew opossum (family Caenolestidae)

Descendants

• ? Irish: apasam

Translations

References

Further reading

• opossum in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• Didelphidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Didelphidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Corsican

Etymology

Borrowed from English opossum, from Powhatan aposoum (“white animal”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o?pos?um/

Noun

opossum m (plural opossi)

1. opossum

References

• “opossum” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English opossum, from Powhatan aposoum (“white animal”), from Proto-Algonquian *wa·p-a??emwa (“white dog”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?o??p?.s?m/
• Hyphenation: opos?sum

Noun

opossum m (plural opossums, diminutive opossumpje n)

1. opossum, marsupial of the family Didelphidae

   Synonym: buidelrat

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?.p?.s?m/

Noun

opossum m (plural opossums)

1. opossum

Synonyms

• sarigue
• (Louisiana) rat de bois

Further reading

• “opossum” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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

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