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native cat

native cat noun: the quoll; any member of the genus Dasyurus of carnivorous marsupials.

Noun

native cat (plural native cats)

  1. (Australia) The quoll; any member of the genus Dasyurus of carnivorous marsupials.
    • We have found the greatest enemies to be rats, native cats, hawks and crows.1907, New South Wales Department of Agriculture, The Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales, Volume 17, page 154
    • The Native Cat, or Tjilpa, is not a real cat but a small marsupial (Dasyurus geoffreyi) with outsize whiskers and a banded tail held vertically above its back.1987, Bruce Chatwin, The Songlines, Vintage, published 1998, page 290

native cat meaning in Tamil

native cat in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும்

Examples of native cat in a sentence

  • The mesonephros of the native cat is a functional excretory organ at birth which begins to degenerate on day 15 and is completely repressed by day 30 post partum.1992, Acta Anatomica, volumes 143-144, page 341:
  • Widjingara, the native cat or quoll (Dasyurus hallucatus), made the spring by shaking his shoulders and flinging water from his fur.2010, Robert Layton, Australian Rock Art: A New Synthesis, page 43:

Forms of native cat

pluralnative cats

Questions about native cat

What does native cat mean?
Native cat means the quoll; any member of the genus Dasyurus of carnivorous marsupials.
What is native cat in Tamil?
Native cat in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும். See Native cat meaning in Tamil.
How do you use native cat in a sentence?
The mesonephros of the native cat is a functional excretory organ at birth which begins to degenerate on day 15 and is completely repressed by day 30 post partum.
What part of speech is native cat?
Native cat is a noun.
What is the plural of native cat?
The plural of native cat is native cats.

Words near native cat in the dictionary

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  8. native code
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  10. native companion
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