thylacine

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A carnivorous marsupial (†Thylacinus cynocephalus) which was native to Tasmania, now extinct.

/ˈθailəsiːn/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-thylacine.wav

thylacine thylacines

From translingual Thylacinus; from Ancient Greek θύλακος (thúlakos, “pouch, sack”) + Latin -inus (-ine).

Tasmanian tiger Tasmanian wolf Tasmanian hyena Kaparunina

sarcophile sarcophiline Sarcophilus harrisii

thylacinamorphic

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