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dunnart en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈdʌnə(ɹ)t/

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Nyunga danard (“Sminthopsis griseoventer”).

Meanings

1. Any species of the genus Sminthopsis of small carnivorous marsupials that resemble mice or shrews.
   • During the original AWC survey, Alexander Baynes identified, in a single hollow salmon gum, 283 jaws of half-a-dozen native mammal species, mostly dunnarts, many of which were recovered from owl pellets. 2009, Tim Winton, “Silent Country: Travels through a Recovering Landscape”, in Robyn Davidson, editor, The Best Australian Essays 2009, page 18:
   • After the winter solstice, while the ambient temperature still remained low, nest sharing declined rapidly, due to increasing intolerance among the fat-tailed dunnarts, as breeding began. 2005, C. Hugh Tyndale-Biscoe, Life of Marsupials, page 158:
   • Reptiles are an important food source for a wide range of animals, including birds and small native marsupials such as the yellow-footed antechinus and the fat-tailed dunnart. 2010, Damian Michael, David Lindenmayer, Reptiles of the NSW Murray Catchment, page 7:

Forms

Deriveds

little long-tailed dunnart · red-cheeked dunnart · Julia Creek dunnart · fat-tailed dunnart · Ooldea dunnart · Kakadu dunnart · sandhill dunnart · chestnut dunnart · white-tailed dunnart · stripe-faced dunnart · large long-tailed dunnart · Gilbert's dunnart · Butler's dunnart · greater hairy-footed dunnart · white-footed dunnart · common dunnart · grey-bellied dunnart · lesser hairy-footed dunnart

Relateds

marsupial mouse

Translations (4)

cs vakomyš (marsupial of the genus Sminthopsis) · fi pussihiiri (marsupial of the genus Sminthopsis) · hu erszényescickány (marsupial of the genus Sminthopsis) · pl grubogonik (marsupial of the genus Sminthopsis)