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kangaroo

Any one of numerous species of jumping marsupials of the family Macropodidaelig They inhabit Australia New Guinea and adjacent islands They have long and strong hind legs and a large tail while the fore legs are comparatively short and feeble The giant kangaroo Macropus major is the largest species sometimes becoming twelve or fourteen feet in total length The tree kangaroos belonging to the genus Dendrolagus live in trees the rock kangaroos of the genus Petrogale inhabit rocky situations and the brush kangaroos of the genus Halmaturus inhabit wooded districts See Wallaby...

Kangaroo

Kangaroo, is a colloquial term for the power with which the Speaker of House of Commons, the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of ways and means and the Chairman of Standing Committees are invested to select what amendments and new clauses shall be proposed so that limited time available is used to the best advantage. Parliamentary Dictionary, L.A. Abraham and S.C. Hawtrey, 1956, p. 110.Kangaroo, is a process of selecting amendmentsis known as 'kangaroo' because it involves 'jumping' over certain amendments on the order paper. Office of the Speaker in the Parliaments of Commonwealth, Wilding and Philip Laundy, p. 686....

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