Tasmanian tiger

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A Tasmanian tiger.

Etymology

Tiger refers to the stripes on the animal's back; the thylacine is not a member of the cat family.

Noun

Tasmanian tiger (plural Tasmanian tigers)

  1. The extinct carnivorous marsupial Thylacinus cynocephalus, once native to Tasmania.

Synonyms

Translations

extinct carnivorous marsupial — see Tasmanian wolf
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