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macropod, a. and n.|ˈmækrəpɒd|
[a. Gr. µακροποδ-, µακρόπους long-footed, f. µακρό-ς long + ποδ-, πούς foot.]
a. adj. Long-footed.
b. n. A long-footed animal, e.g. a spider-crab. (In recent Dicts.) maˈcropodal a. Bot., of a monocotyledonous embryo: Having the radicle large in proportion to the cotyledon. macroˈpodian Zool., one of a tribe of brachyurous decapod crustaceans. maˈcropodous a. = macropodal.
1830Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. 253 The plants belonging to Alismaceæ..and Butomeæ, have all a disproportionally large radicle, whence the embryos of such were called by the late M. Richard, macropodal. 1839Penny Cycl. XIV. 256/2 Macropodians. 1852Henslow Dict. Bot. Terms, Macropodous. 1887Garnsey & Balfour tr. Goebel's Classif. & Morphol. Plants 431 In the Helobiae the axial portion forms the larger part of the embryo (macropodous embryo). |