释义 |
quoll /kwɒl /nounA catlike carnivorous marsupial with short legs and a white-spotted coat, native to the forests of Australia and New Guinea. Also called dasyure, native cat, tiger cat.- Genus Dasyurus, family Dasyuridae: several species.
There are a variety of possums, early kangaroos, koalas, wombats and quolls, as well as marsupial groups that are now completely extinct....- Adding insult to ecosystem injury, the poisonous toad instantly kills any predator that attempts to eat it, particularly the quoll, Australia's marsupial cat, and giant native lizards.
- There are even plans to bring back quolls, catlike native predators.
OriginLate 18th century: from Guugu Yimidhirr (an Aboriginal language) dhigul. |