Tasmanian tiger

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A Tasmanian tiger.

Etymology[edit]

Tiger refers to the stripes on the animal's back; the thylacine is not a member of the cat family.

Noun[edit]

Tasmanian tiger (plural Tasmanian tigers)

  1. An extinct carnivorous marsupial (†Thylacinus cynocephalus), once native to Tasmania.

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Translations[edit]

extinct carnivorous marsupial — see Tasmanian wolf
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