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DASYURE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of several more or less arboreal marsupials somewhat resembling martens
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("dasyure" is a kind of...):
dasyurid; dasyurid marsupial (small carnivorous nocturnal marsupials of Australia and Tasmania)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dasyure"):
Dasyurus quoll; eastern dasyure (a variety of dasyure)
Dasyurus viverrinus; native cat (carnivorous arboreal cat-like marsupials of Australia and Tasmania)
Holonyms ("dasyure" is a member of...):
Dasyurus; genus Dasyurus (type genus of the family Dasyuridae: native cats)