释义 |
poephagous, a. Zool. rare.|pəʊˈɛfəgəs| [f. mod.L. Poēphaga, neut. pl. (ad. Gr. ποηϕάγος (Arist.) eating grass or herbs, f. πόα grass + -ϕάγος eating) + -ous.] Eating grass or herbs, herbivorous; spec. belonging to the division Poephaga of marsupials.
1866Owen Vertebr. Anim. III. 294 Some palæontologists..have been led astray in..referring it to the ‘Poephagous Potoroos and Kangaroos’. |