Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various herbivorous marsupials of the family Macropodidae of New Guinea, Australia, and adjacent islands, having short forelimbs and large hind limbs used for leaping, and including kangaroos, wallabies, and quokkas.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having long or large feet or legs.
- noun A long-legged or long-footed animal.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) Any one of a group of maioid crabs remarkable for the length of their legs; -- called also
spider crab .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
marsupial of the familyMacropodidae , which includes thekangaroos ,wallabies ,tree kangaroos andpademelons . - noun Any one of a
group ofmaioid crabs remarkable for thelength of theirlegs ; — called alsospider crab .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Jude Eliacin, a 39-year-old customer, wondered whether there's a difference between the animals, both members of the macropod family.
Look-Alike Wines Featuring Look-Alike Marsupials Duke It Out David Kesmodel 2011
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Yadav, had studied macropod distribution on small land-bridge islands offshore from western Australia.
The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004
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Main and Yadav were interested in macropod conservation, not theory.
The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004
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Main and Yadav were interested in macropod conservation, not theory.
The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004
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Some of the smaller islands held only a single macropod species, the tammar or the rock wallaby.
The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004
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Some of the smaller islands held only a single macropod species, the tammar or the rock wallaby.
The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004
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Yadav, had studied macropod distribution on small land-bridge islands offshore from western Australia.
The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004
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They calculated the density at which each macropod species populated its habitat.
The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004
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They calculated the density at which each macropod species populated its habitat.
The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004
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Hi LA Lawyer, You could export the userform from its existing document, then macropod replied to LA Lawyer on Thursday, April 15, 2010 3: 14 AM
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