Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Macropus \Mac"ro*pus\, n. [NL. See {Macropod}.] (Zo["o]l.)
   genus of marsupials including the common kangaroo.

Source : WordNet®

Macropus
     n : type genus of the family Macropodidae: typical kangaroos and
         wallabies [syn: {genus Macropus}]