"macrotis" ba shi da ma'anar ƙamus a matsayin kalma kaɗai. Yana iya zama kuskuren rubuta kalmar “macrocosm,” wanda ke nufin sararin duniya ko wani tsari mafi girma da ake gani a matsayin cikakkiyar halitta, ko kuma “macrocyte,” wanda shine nau’in jan jini wanda ya fi na al’ada girma. Duk da haka, "macrotis" kuma shine asalin sunan rukunin dabbobi masu shayarwa wanda aka fi sani da bilbies. Waɗannan dabbobin 'yan asalin ƙasar Ostiraliya ne kuma suna da dogayen kunnuwa da hancin hanci.