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Macropodidae

noun

kangaroos; wallabies

• Syn: ↑family Macropodidae

• Hypernyms: ↑mammal family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Marsupialia, ↑order Marsupialia

• Member Meronyms:

↑kangaroo, ↑Macropus, ↑genus Macropus, ↑Lagorchestes, ↑genus Lagorchestes, ↑Onychogalea, ↑genus Onychogalea, ↑Petrogale, ↑genus Petrogale, ↑Thylogale, ↑genus Thylogale, ↑Dendrolagus, ↑genus Dendrolagus, ↑Hypsiprymnodon, ↑genus Hypsiprymnodon, ↑Potoroinae, ↑subfamily Potoroinae

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\\ˌmakrəˈpädəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Macropod-, Macropus, type genus + -idae

: a family of diprotodont marsupial mammals comprising the kangaroos, wallabies, and rat kangaroos that are all saltatory animals with long hind limbs and weakly developed forelimbs and are typically inoffensive terrestrial herbivores

Useful english dictionary. 2012.