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macropod

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macropod /ˈmakrəˌpäd, ˈmækrəˌpɑd /
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 century : from modern Latin Macropodidae (plural), from macro- + Greek pous, pod- foot.