Dogleg, adj. Skeat's warning must be remembered-- As a rule, derivations whichrequire a story to be told turn out to be false. Drooping G. Leucogaster, Gould, White-breasted C.
Petaurus, n. 87: Kong-go-rong, The Emu, from the noise it makes, and likelythe origin of the barbarism, kangaroo, used by the English, asthe name of an animal, called Mo-a-ne. Horning, `A Bride from the Bush,' p. 55: The Boomer starts, and ponders What kind of beasts we be.