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thylacine

/ˈθailəsiːn/

thylacine noun: a carnivorous marsupial (†Thylacinus cynocephalus) which was native to Tasmania, now extinct.

thylacine: a carnivorous marsupial (†Thylacinus cynocephalus) which was native to Tasmania, now extinct
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Noun

thylacine (plural thylacines)

  1. A carnivorous marsupial (†Thylacinus cynocephalus) which was native to Tasmania, now extinct.
    • […]high up on an overhanging rock, perhaps twenty feet above the ground, a ghostly white thylacine was clearly visible. Thylacines, or Tasmanian tigers, have been extinct on the mainland of Australia for at least two thousand years.2020, David Farrier, “The Moment Under the Moment”, in Footprints, 4th Estate, →ISBN
    Synonyms:
    Tasmanian tiger, Tasmanian wolf, Tasmanian hyena, Kaparunina

thylacine meaning in Tamil and Vietnamese

thylacine in Tamil

தாஸ்மேனியப் புலி, தாஸ்மேனிய ஓநாய், ஓநாய் வகை விலங்கு, இரவு நேரத்தில் வேட்டையாடும்

thylacine in Vietnamese

extinct carnivorous marsupial
chó sói túi, chó sói Tasmania, hổ Tasmania

Synonyms of thylacine

Forms of thylacine

pluralthylacines

Origin of thylacine

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

Words formed from thylacine

Questions about thylacine

What does thylacine mean?
Thylacine means a carnivorous marsupial (†Thylacinus cynocephalus) which was native to Tasmania, now extinct.
What is thylacine in Tamil?
Thylacine in Tamil is தாஸ்மேனியப் புலி, தாஸ்மேனிய ஓநாய், ஓநாய் வகை விலங்கு. See Thylacine meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is thylacine?
Thylacine is a noun.
How do you pronounce thylacine?
Thylacine is pronounced /ˈθailəsiːn/.
What is the plural of thylacine?
The plural of thylacine is thylacines.

Words near thylacine in the dictionary

  1. thygmotaxic
  2. thygmotaxis
  3. Thyia
  4. thyine
  5. thylacinamorphic
  6. thylacine
  7. thylacines
  8. thylacinid
  9. thylacinids
  10. thylacocephalan
  11. thylacocephalans

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