Definition of Genus Macropus

1. Noun. Type genus of the family Macropodidae: typical kangaroos and wallabies.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Macropus

genus Lysichitum
genus Lysiloma
genus Lysimachia
genus Lythrum
genus Macaca
genus Macadamia
genus Machaeranthera
genus Macleaya
genus Maclura
genus Macowanites
genus Macrocephalon
genus Macrocheira
genus Macroclemys
genus Macrodactylus
genus Macronectes
genus Macropus (current term)
genus Macrothelypteris
genus Macrotis
genus Macrotus
genus Macrotyloma
genus Macrozamia
genus Macrozoarces
genus Madia
genus Madoqua
genus Maeandra
genus Magicicada
genus Magnolia
genus Mahonia
genus Maia
genus Maianthemum

Literary usage of Genus Macropus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of the Progressive by Robert Jameson, Sir William Jardine, Henry D Rogers (1832)
"<K genus Macropus, OR KANGAROO PROPER. C. 1. Portion of the pelvis of the left side of a very large kangaroo. 2. Inferior extremity of the femur of a very ..."

2. The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal (1832)
"C. genus Macropus, OR KANGAROO PROPER. C. 1. Portion of the pelvis of the left side of a very large kangaroo. 2. Inferior extremity of the femur of a very ..."

3. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"The name Kangaroo is applied to the following larger species of the genus Macropus, the remaining species being called Wallabies— ..."

4. Darwin and After Darwin: An Exposition of the Darwinian Theory and a by George John Romanes, Conwy Lloyd Morgan (1895)
"The species of the genus Macropus are more conspicuously distinguished by differences of size and form than by these minute differences of colour; ..."

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