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thylacine(dictionary)

thylacine (iou)



thylacine noun. M19.
[mod. Latin Thylacinus (see below), from Greek thulakos pouch: see -INE1.]
A large doglike carnivorous marsupial, Thylacinus cynocephalus, of Tasmania, grey-brown with dark stripes over the rump (now very scarce or extinct). Also called Tasmanian tiger, Tasmanian wolf, zebra-wolf.