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FAMILY MACROPODIDAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Kangaroos; wallabies
Synonyms:
family Macropodidae; Macropodidae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("family Macropodidae" is a kind of...):
mammal family (a family of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "family 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 ("family Macropodidae" is a member of...):
Marsupialia; order Marsupialia (coextensive with the subclass Metatheria)
