MACROPODIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Macropodidae mean? 

• MACROPODIDAE (noun)
  The noun MACROPODIDAE has 1 sense:

1. kangaroos; wallabies

  Familiarity information: MACROPODIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MACROPODIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Kangaroos; wallabies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Macropodidae; Macropodidae

Hypernyms ("Macropodidae" is a kind of...):

mammal family (a family of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Macropodidae"):

kangaroo (any of several herbivorous leaping marsupials of Australia and New Guinea having large powerful hind legs and a long thick tail)

genus Macropus; Macropus (type genus of the family Macropodidae: typical kangaroos and wallabies)

genus Lagorchestes; Lagorchestes (hare wallabies)

genus Onychogalea; Onychogalea (a genus of Macropodidae)

genus Petrogale; Petrogale (rock wallabies)

genus Thylogale; Thylogale (pademelons)

Dendrolagus; genus Dendrolagus (tree wallabies)

genus Hypsiprymnodon; Hypsiprymnodon (musk kangaroos)

Potoroinae; subfamily Potoroinae (rat kangaroos)

Holonyms ("Macropodidae" is a member of...):

Marsupialia; order Marsupialia (coextensive with the subclass Metatheria)