HyperDic: tasmanian_tiger

English > 1 sense of the expression Tasmanian tiger:
NOUNanimalTasmanian tiger, thylacine, Tasmanian wolf, Thylacinus cynocephalusrare doglike carnivorous marsupial of Tasmania having stripes on its back
English > Tasmanian tiger: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningRare doglike carnivorous marsupial of Tasmania having stripes on its back; probably extinct.
Synonymsthylacine, Tasmanian wolf, Thylacinus cynocephalus
Member ofThylacinus, genus ThylacinusTasmanian wolf
Broaderdasyurid marsupial, dasyuridsmall carnivorous nocturnal marsupials of Australia and Tasmania
Spanishthylacinus cynocephalus, tigre de tasmania, tilacino
Catalanthylacinus cynocephalus, Thylacinus cynocephalus

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