Tasmanian tiger
English
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)
- The extinct carnivorous marsupial Thylacinus cynocephalus, once native to Tasmania.
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Translations
extinct carnivorous marsupial — see Tasmanian wolf
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