Poephagous

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Poephaga \Po*eph"a*ga\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. pohfa`gos grass
     eating; po`a grass + fagei^n to eat.] (Zool.)
     A group of herbivorous marsupials including the kangaroos and
     their allies. -- {Po*eph"a*gous}, a.
     [1913 Webster]