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Definition of dasyure in English: dasyurenoun ˈdasɪjʊəˈdæsiˌjʊr another term for quoll Example sentencesExamples - In Australia the dasyures, small weasellike marsupials, are called ‘native cats’
- As I'm sure you know, marsupials and higher mammals have parallel evolutionary branches that mirror each other: cats and dasyures, hyenas and Tasmanian devils, wolves and Tasmanian wolves.
- Dasyures have often been compared to cats. They are about the same size, nocturnal, look slightly similar, and prey on many of the same creatures
Origin Mid 19th century: from French, from modern Latin dasyurus, from Greek dasus 'rough, hairy' + oura 'tail'. Definition of dasyure in US English: dasyurenounˈdæsiˌjʊrˈdasēˌyo͝or another term for quoll Example sentencesExamples - As I'm sure you know, marsupials and higher mammals have parallel evolutionary branches that mirror each other: cats and dasyures, hyenas and Tasmanian devils, wolves and Tasmanian wolves.
- Dasyures have often been compared to cats. They are about the same size, nocturnal, look slightly similar, and prey on many of the same creatures
- In Australia the dasyures, small weasellike marsupials, are called ‘native cats’
Origin Mid 19th century: from French, from modern Latin dasyurus, from Greek dasus ‘rough, hairy’ + oura ‘tail’. |