TASMANIAN TIGER

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Meaning:

Rare doglike carnivorous marsupial of Tasmania having stripes on its back; probably extinct

Synonyms:

Tasmanian tiger; Tasmanian wolf; thylacine; Thylacinus cynocephalus

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Tasmanian tiger" is a kind of...):

dasyurid; dasyurid marsupial (small carnivorous nocturnal marsupials of Australia and Tasmania)

Holonyms ("Tasmanian tiger" is a member of...):

genus Thylacinus; Thylacinus (Tasmanian wolf)

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