different between maioid vs macropod

English

Maia +? -oid

maioid (not comparable)

(zoology) Of or relating to the genus Maja or family Majideae, the spider crabs.

From macro- +? -pod, after Latin Macropodidae. Compare micropod.

macropod (plural macropods)

A marsupial of the family Macropodidae, which includes the kangaroos, wallabies, tree kangaroos and pademelons.
Any one of a group of maioid crabs remarkable for the length of their legs; — called also spider crab.

From French macropode.

macropod n (plural macropozi)

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