Tasmanian tiger

n. A carnivorous marsupial (Thylacinus cynocephalus) of Tasmania, resembling a large dog, with a brownish coat and dark stripes across its back. It is believed to be extinct. Also called Tasmanian wolf, thylacine.

Thesaurus

Noun

Tasmanian tiger - rare doglike carnivorous marsupial of Tasmania having stripes on its back; probably extinctTasmanian wolf, thylacine, Thylacinus cynocephalusdasyurid, dasyurid marsupial - small carnivorous nocturnal marsupials of Australia and Tasmaniagenus Thylacinus, Thylacinus - Tasmanian wolf

Translations

Tasmanian tiger

Tasmanian wolf:

see thylacinethylacine
or Tasmanian wolf,
carnivorous marsupial, or pouched mammal, of New Guinea, Australia, and Tasmania, presumed extinct since 1936. The thylacine is often cited as an example of convergent evolution: It was superficially quite similar to a wolf or dog, although
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Tasmanian tiger

noun

Synonyms for Tasmanian tiger

noun rare doglike carnivorous marsupial of Tasmania having stripes on its back

Synonyms

Tasmanian wolf
thylacine
Thylacinus cynocephalus

Related Words

dasyurid
dasyurid marsupial
genus Thylacinus
Thylacinus

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