| NOUN | animal | dasyurid marsupial, dasyurid | small carnivorous nocturnal marsupials of Australia and Tasmania |
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| Meaning | small carnivorous nocturnal marsupials of Australia and Tasmania. | |
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| Synonym | dasyurid | |
| Member of | Dasyuridae, family Dasyuridae, family Dasyurinae | dasyures |
| Narrower | Tasmanian devil, ursine dasyure, Sarcophilus hariisi | small ferocious carnivorous marsupial having a mostly black coat and long tail |
| dasyure | Any of several more or less arboreal marsupials somewhat resembling martens | |
| numbat, banded anteater, anteater, Myrmecobius fasciatus | small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites | |
| pouched mouse, marsupial mouse, marsupial rat | Any of numerous small sharp-nosed insectivorous marsupials superficially resembling mice or rats | |
| thylacine, Tasmanian wolf, Tasmanian tiger, Thylacinus cynocephalus | Rare doglike carnivorous marsupial of Tasmania having stripes on its back | |
| Broader | marsupial, pouched mammal | mammals of which the females have a pouch (the marsupium) containing the teats where the young are fed and carried |
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