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Thylacinus

noun

Tasmanian wolf

• Syn: ↑genus Thylacinus

• Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Dasyuridae, ↑family Dasyuridae, ↑family Dasyurinae

• Member Meronyms: ↑thylacine, ↑Tasmanian wolf, ↑Tasmanian tiger, ↑Thylacinus cynocephalus

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\\ˌthīləˈsīnəs\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek thylakos sack, pouch + Latin -inus -ine

: a genus of marsupial mammals (family Dasyuridae) consisting of the Tasmanian wolf

Useful english dictionary. 2012.