Defn: genus of marsupials including the common kangaroo.
MACROPYRAMID
Mac`ro*pyr"a*mid, n. Etym: [Macro- + pyramid.] (Crystallog.)
Defn: See Macroprism.
MACROSCOPIC; MACROSCOPICAL
Mac`ro*scop"ic, Mac`ro*scop"ic*al, a. Etym: [Macro- + Gr.
Defn: Visible to the unassisted eye; — as opposed to microscopic.
— Mac`ro*scop"ic*al*ly, adv.
MACROSPORANGIUM
Mac`ro*spo*ran"gi*um, n. Etym: [NL. See Macro-, and Sporangium.]
(Bot.)
Defn: A sporangium or conceptacle containing only large spores; — opposed to microsporangium. Both are found in the genera Selaginella, Isoctes, and Marsilia, plants remotely allied to ferns.
MACROSPORE
Mac"ro*spore, n. Etym: [Macro- + spore.] (Bot.)
Defn: One of the specially large spores of certain flowerless plants, as Selaginella, etc.
MACROSPORIC
Mac`ro*spor"ic, a. (Bot.)