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TASMANIAN TIGER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Rare doglike carnivorous marsupial of Tasmania having stripes on its back; probably extinct
Synonyms:
Tasmanian tiger; Tasmanian wolf; thylacine; Thylacinus cynocephalus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Tasmanian tiger" is a kind of...):
dasyurid; dasyurid marsupial (small carnivorous nocturnal marsupials of Australia and Tasmania)
Holonyms ("Tasmanian tiger" is a member of...):
genus Thylacinus; Thylacinus (Tasmanian wolf)
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