You would need to create a filter/hook for the wp_list_pages function, and then modify it’s output.
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Simply define the function anywhere else, no need for hooks or filters, WordPress searchs for the function before using the one in pluggable.php
More Detail here: http://codex.ww.wp.xz.cn/Pluggable_Functions
Andrew Rodgers