thylacine

English

Two thylacines.

Etymology

Thylacinus +‎ -ine From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] translingual Thylacinus; from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek θύλακος (thúlakos, “pouch, sack”) + Latin -inus (-ine).

Noun

thylacine (plural thylacines)

1. The carnivorous marsupial Thylacinus cynocephalus which was native to Tasmania, now extinct.

Synonyms

• (carnivorous mammal): Tasmanian tiger, Tasmanian wolf

Translations

extinct carnivorous marsupial

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 袋狼 (zh) (dàiláng)

• Czech: vakovlk m
• Finnish: pussihukka
• French: thylacine (fr) m
• German: Beutelwolf m
• Ingush: цокъабордз (coqʼabordz)
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• Irish: tílicín m
• Japanese: 袋狼 (フクロオオカミ, fukuroōkami)
• Navajo: náshdóí bizaʼazis hólóní
• Polish: wilk workowaty m
• Portuguese: tilacino (pt) m, tigre-da-tasmânia m, lobo-da-tasmânia m
• Russian: су́мчатый волк m (súmčatyj volk)
• Spanish: tilacino (es) m, lobo de Tasmania m, tigre de Tasmania
• Vietnamese: chó sói túi, chó sói Tasmania, hổ Tasmania

See also

• sarcophile
• sarcophiline
• Sarcophilus harrisii (Tasmanian devil)

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