dasyure
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noun
- Any of various Australasian carnivorous marsupials, of the family Dasyuridae, which include the marsupial equivalent to cats
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From Ancient Greek δασύς (dasús, “hairy”) + οὐρά (ourá, “tail”). By surface analysis, dasy- + -ure (“tail”).
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