thylacine en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈθailəsiːn/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From translingual Thylacinus; from Ancient Greek θύλακος (thúlakos, “pouch, sack”) + Latin -inus (-ine).
Meanings
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A carnivorous marsupial (†Thylacinus cynocephalus) which was native to Tasmania, now extinct.
[…]high up on an overhanging rock, perhaps twenty feet above the ground, a ghostly white thylacine was clearly visible. Thylacines, or Tasmanian tigers, have been extinct on the mainland of Australia for at least two thousand years.
2020, David Farrier, “The Moment Under the Moment”, in Footprints, 4th Estate, →ISBN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| thylacines | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Relateds
sarcophiline · sarcophile · Sarcophilus harrisii
Synonyms
Tasmanian wolf (carnivorous mammal) · Tasmanian hyena (carnivorous mammal) · Tasmanian tiger (carnivorous mammal) · Kaparunina (carnivorous mammal)
Translations (42)
km ខ្លាតាស្មានី (extinct carnivorous marsupial) · es tigre de Tasmania (extinct carnivorous marsupial) · pt lobo-da-tasmânia (extinct carnivorous marsupial) · cmn 塔斯馬尼亞虎 /塔斯马尼亚虎 (extinct carnivorous marsupial) · fi pussihukka (extinct carnivorous marsupial) · nl Tasmaanse tijger (extinct carnivorous marsupial) · pl wilk workowaty (extinct carnivorous marsupial) · sv tasmansk tiger (extinct carnivorous marsupial) · ga faolchú na Tasmáine (extinct carnivorous marsupial) · it lupo marsupiale (extinct carnivorous marsupial) · vi chó sói Tasmania (extinct carnivorous marsupial) · km ចចកតាស្មានី (extinct carnivorous marsupial) · ka ⴇⴈⴊⴀⴚⴈⴌⴈ (extinct carnivorous marsupial) · inh цокъабордз (extinct carnivorous marsupial) · sv tasmansk varg (extinct carnivorous marsupial) · es lobo de Tasmania (extinct carnivorous marsupial) · vi chó sói túi (extinct carnivorous marsupial) · sv pungvarg (extinct carnivorous marsupial) · de Tasmanischer Wolf (extinct carnivorous marsupial) · ro lup marsupial (extinct carnivorous marsupial) · it tigre della Tasmania (extinct carnivorous marsupial) · es tilacino (extinct carnivorous marsupial) · de Beutelwolf (extinct carnivorous marsupial) · ga tílicín (extinct carnivorous marsupial) · ja 袋狼 (extinct carnivorous marsupial) · de Tasmanischer Tiger (extinct carnivorous marsupial) · ko 틸라신 (extinct carnivorous marsupial) · fr thylacine (extinct carnivorous marsupial) · ru су́мчатый волк (extinct carnivorous marsupial) · nl buidelwolf (extinct carnivorous marsupial) · nv náshdóí bizaʼazis hólóní (extinct carnivorous marsupial) · ru тасмани́йский волк (extinct carnivorous marsupial) · cmn 袋狼 (extinct carnivorous marsupial) · it lupo australe (extinct carnivorous marsupial) · cs vakovlk (extinct carnivorous marsupial) · it tilacino (extinct carnivorous marsupial) · pt tigre-da-tasmânia (extinct carnivorous marsupial) · nl Tasmaanse buidelwolf (extinct carnivorous marsupial) · vi hổ Tasmania (extinct carnivorous marsupial) · pt tilacino (extinct carnivorous marsupial) · el θυλακίνος (extinct carnivorous marsupial) · it lupo della Tasmania (extinct carnivorous marsupial)