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- proper noun A taxonomic
family within thesuborder Macropodiformes —marsupials includingkangaroos andwallabies .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Also yesterday, I read "A new Pleistocene tree-kangaroo (Dirpotodontia; Macropodidae) from the Nullarbor Plain of south-central Australia."
An Old Klingon Proverb greygirlbeast 2008
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The quokka (Setonix brachyurus, VU) is a member of the kangaroo family (Macropodidae).
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It could be traced back to a journal paper that two researchers in Australia had published, in 1971, on the ecological requirements of certain species of Macropodidae, the marsupial family that includes wallabies and kangaroos.
The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004
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It could be traced back to a journal paper that two researchers in Australia had published, in 1971, on the ecological requirements of certain species of Macropodidae, the marsupial family that includes wallabies and kangaroos.
The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004
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Family of Macropodidae can be found in the pound including the biggest red kangaroo and the yellow-footed rock wallaby.
EzineArticles 2010
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