quoll
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the earlier form je-quoll, from Guugu Yimidhirr dhigul. Recorded by Banks[1] but then virtually forgotten for 150 years, with the term native cat used instead. Today readopted and gaining in popularity.[2]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkwɒl/, /ˈkwəʊl/
Audio (southern England) (file) - (US) IPA(key): /ˈkwɒl/, /ˈkwoʊl/
- Rhymes: -ɒl
Noun[edit]
quoll (plural quolls)
- Any of the various carnivorous marsupials of the genus Dasyurus found in Australia and New Guinea, roughly the size of a cat.
Synonyms[edit]
Translations[edit]
carnivorous marsupial of the genus Dasyurus
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See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Joseph Banks, The Endeavour Journal of Sir Joseph Banks, extended description following entry for 26 August 1770: Another was calld by the natives Je-Quoll: it is about the size and something like a polecat, of a light brown spotted with white on the back and white under the belly.
- ^ R. M. W. Dixon, Australian Aboriginal Words, Oxford University Press, 1990, →ISBN, page 79-80 and 221-2.
German[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
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Verb[edit]
quoll
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