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单词 macropodian
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macropodiann.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French macropodien.
Etymology: < French macropodien ( H. Milne-Edwards Hist. nat. crustacés(1834) I. 273) < macropode (see macropodal adj.) + -ien -ian suffix. Compare scientific Latin Macropodia, genus name attributed to W. E. Leach in Edinb. Encycl. (1830) VII. N.E.D. (1904) indicates the stress as macroˈpodian.
Zoology. Obsolete. rare.
A member of a former group Macropodiadae of majoid crabs having very long legs (corresponding in part to the modern family Inachidae or subfamily Inachinae).
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1839 Penny Cycl. XIV. 255/2 Macropodians, a tribe of brachyurous decapod Crustaceans.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online December 2018).
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