macropod

CIDE DICTIONARY

macropodn. [Macro- + -pod.].
     Any one of a group of maioid crabs remarkable for the length of their legs; -- called also spider crab.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

macropod, n. any plant-eating mammal of the family Macropodidae native to Australia and New Guinea, including kangaroos and wallabies.

Etymology
MACRO- + Gk pous podos foot

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