Any of various small or medium-sized kangaroos; often brightly colored.

synonym: brush kangaroo.

Roget 309: leap, jump, hop, spring, bound, vault, saltation^†.    ance, caper; curvet, caracole; gambade^†, gambado^†; capriole, demivolt^†; buck, buck jump; hop skip and jump; falcade^†.    kangaroo, jerboa; chamois, goat, frog, grasshopper, flea; buckjumper^†; wallaby.    ... show more

Dutch: wallabie, wallaby