, the name of more than one United States Navy ship Sports KangaRoos, an American brand of athletic shoe UMKC Kangaroos, the athletics team of University of Missouri–Kansas City Kangaroo Hoppet, an Australian cross-country skiing race The Fabulous Kangaroos, an Australian professional wrestling team The Royal Kangaroos, a professional wrestling tag team Kangaroos, the nickname of the Australia national rugby league team Kangaroos, the nickname of the North Melbourne Football Club of the Australian Football League The mascot of Lake Washington High School in Kirkland, WA Other uses The Kangaroo Defence, a chess opening also known as the Keres Defence Kangaroo care, a way of holding a prematurely-born infant with skin-to-skin contact Kangaroo meat, the meat of any of the species of kangaroo Kangaroo rat, a small rodent in western United States Kangaroo unicycle, a type of unicycle that has both the cranks facing in the same direction Kangaroo, a procedure of the Parliament of the United Kingdom Kangaroo word, a word that contains letters of another word, in order, with the same meaning Kangaroo court, a sham legal proceeding Kangaroo (novel), a 1923 novel by D. H. Lawrence Mathematical Kangaroo, or International Mathematical Kangaroo, an annual international children's mathematics competition Gold kangaroo, a term for the Australian gold bullion coin minted by the Perth Mint Kangaroo (video game), a 1982 video game based on the marsupial Kangaroo (Bus ticketing scheme), a bus ticketing scheme operated in Nottingham, UK Kangaroo Express, a chain of convenience stores in the US Kangaroo (video on demand), a proposed video on demand platform Kangourou wagon, a specialized railroad car See also The Kangaroo (disambiguation) The Kangaroos (disambiguation)