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Thylacine

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. See Tasmanian wolf.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. The carnivorous marsupial Thylacinus cynocephalus which was native to Tasmania, now extinct.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. The zebra wolf. See under wolf.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. The native wild “dog,” “wolf,” “tiger,” or “hyena” of Tasmania, Thylacinus cynocephalus, the largest living carnivorous marsupial.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. rare doglike carnivorous marsupial of Tasmania having stripes on its back; probably extinct

Word Usage

"Print Extinct Australian thylacine hunted like a big cat The extinct Australian carnivore known as a thylacine was an ambush predator that could not outrun its prey over long distances, a new analysis shows."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

dasyurid marsupial dasyurid

Variant

wolf

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

Tasmanian wolf Tasmanian tiger

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