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sarcophiline

sarcophiline noun: a Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii).

Noun

sarcophiline (plural sarcophilines)

  1. A Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii).
  2. An animal of the genus Sarcophilus.

Forms of sarcophiline

pluralsarcophilines

Origin of sarcophiline

From translingual Sarcophilus + -ine.

Questions about sarcophiline

What does sarcophiline mean?
Sarcophiline means a Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii).
What part of speech is sarcophiline?
Sarcophiline is a noun.
What is the plural of sarcophiline?
The plural of sarcophiline is sarcophilines.

Words near sarcophiline in the dictionary

  1. sarcophagussed
  2. sarcophagusses
  3. sarcophagy
  4. sarcophile
  5. sarcophiles
  6. sarcophiline
  7. sarcophilines
  8. sarcophilous
  9. sarcophytol
  10. sarcophytols
  11. sarcophytoxide

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