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)

An extinct carnivorous marsupial (†Thylacinus cynocephalus), once native to Tasmania.

Synonyms

Related terms

Tasmanian devil

Translations

extinct carnivorous marsupial — see Tasmanian wolf

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