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Definition of Genus macropus
1. Noun. Type genus of the family Macropodidae: typical kangaroos and wallabies.
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Family Macropodidae, Macropodidae
Member holonyms: Giant Kangaroo, Great Grey Kangaroo, Macropus Giganteus, Common Wallaby, Macropus Agiles
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Macropus
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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