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dasyurids

dasyurids is the plural of dasyurid.

Meaning of dasyurid

Noun

dasyurid (plural dasyurids)

  1. A member of the family Dasyuridae, comprising carnivorous marsupials.
    • The Tasmanian Devil and the several species of quolls are by far the largest of the dasyurids, but the group is very diverse, and includes about 30 species of small insect-eaters, some not a lot bigger than a mouse.1998, Terence Lindsey, Mammals of Australia, New Holland, published 2004, page 22
    Synonyms:
    dasyure

Questions about dasyurids

What is dasyurids the plural of?
Dasyurids is the plural of dasyurid.

Words near dasyurids in the dictionary

  1. dasytids
  2. dasyu
  3. dasyure
  4. dasyures
  5. dasyurid
  6. dasyurids
  7. dasyurine
  8. dasyuroid
  9. dasyuroids
  10. dasyuromorph
  11. dasyuromorphian

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