单词 | macropodid |
释义 | macropodidn.adj. Zoology. A. n. A marsupial of the family Macropodidae, which includes kangaroos and wallabies; = macropod n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Implacenta > subclass Marsupialia (marsupials) > [noun] > family Macropodidae > member of macropod1874 macropodid1895 1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II. Macropodid n. 1969 H. J. Frith & J. H. Calaby Kangaroos 10 At the end of the period of his active interest in the Australian fauna, few species of macropodids remained to be discovered. 1977 Sci. Amer. Aug. 79/1 One of the most significant aspects of faunal change in Australia over the past 10 to 15 million years has been the increase in abundance and diversity of macropodids. 1997 Austral. Mammalogy 19 209 Petrogale assimilis has a typical life history and reproductive ecology for a macropodid of its size. B. adj. Of, relating to, or designating a macropodid; = macropod adj. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Implacenta > subclass Marsupialia (marsupials) > [adjective] > family Macropodidae > macropodid macropodal1874 macropod1890 macropodine1895 macropodid1948 1948 Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 91 241/2 The macropodid mandible shows a further peculiarity that can be matched in no genus of the Phalangeridae. 1976 Nature 1 Jan. 42/1 To investigate whether one of these mechanisms could account for the behaviour of the newborn quokka (Setonix brachyurus) we have observed parturition in this macropodid marsupial. 1997 Proc. Linn. Soc. New S. Wales 117 181 Two new species of the extinct macropodid genus Sthenurus are described from vertebrate deposits in eastern and northeastern New South Wales. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1895 |
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