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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

MACROPOD

Mac "ro *pod, n. Etym: [Macro- + -pod. ] (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: Any one of a group of maioid crabs remarkable for the length of their legs; -- called also spider crab.

 

MACROPODAL

MACROPODAL Ma *crop "o *dal, a.

 

Defn: Having long or large feet, or a long stem.

 

MACROPODIAN

MACROPODIAN Mac `ro *po "di *an, n.

 

Defn: A macropod.

 

MACROPODOUS

MACROPODOUS Ma *crop "o *dous, a. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: Having long legs or feet.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

macropod

mac ro pod |ˈmakrəˌpäd ˈmækrəpɑd | noun Zoology a plant-eating marsupial mammal of an Australasian family that comprises the kangaroos and wallabies. [Family Macropodidae: several genera, in particular Macropus. ] ORIGIN late 19th cent.: from modern Latin Macropodidae (plural ), from macro- large + Greek pous, pod- foot.

 

Oxford Dictionary

macropod

macropod |ˈmakrə (ʊ )pɒd | noun Zoology a plant-eating marsupial mammal of an Australasian family that comprises the kangaroos and wallabies. Family Macropodidae: Macropus and other genera. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: from modern Latin Macropodidae (plural ), from macro- + Greek pous, pod- foot .