marsupial lion en · NOUN
Meanings
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A carnivorous marsupial that lived in Australia during the Pleistocene, of the extinct genus Thylacoleo
The first Australians, I reflected, will have known real monsters such as the Thylacaleo, or ‘marsupial lion’.
1987, Bruce Chatwin, The Songlines, Vintage, published 1998, page 225:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| marsupial lions | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (4)
cmn 袋獅 /袋狮 (Thylacoleo) · ja 袋獅 (Thylacoleo) · fi pussileijona (Thylacoleo) · ru су́мчатый лев (Thylacoleo)