How would I describe a baby kangaroo in Japanese? Would I call it "ジョーイ"
(katakana for "joey", which is used in English for pretty much any baby
marsupial), or "子カンガルー" (literally baby-kangaroo).

The English edition of Wiktionary
[doesn't](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/joey) have a translation. Weblio only
has info on the given name "Joey" at both the page on
[ジョーイ](http://ejje.weblio.jp/content/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%82%A4) or
on [Joey](http://ejje.weblio.jp/content/joey).

Doing a google image search using 子カンガルー gave me better results than doing one
on ジョーイ, but that could just be because the former doesn't have to compete
against synonyms.
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Japanese for baby kangaroo
Basically, you have two choices:

> 「カンガルー **の** [赤]{あか}ちゃん」 and 「赤ちゃんカンガルー」 (No 「の」 needed in the latter.)

「カンガルー子」 does not make much sense at all, which you might find surprising. You
need to use a particle. 「カンガルー **の** [子]{こ}」 makes perfect sense, but it does
not carry the meaning of "baby" specifically. It includes the toddler version
of a kangaroo as well.

「ジョーイ」 is a word I have heard for the first time today.
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