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Word: Thylacine
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 19th century: from modern Latin Thylacinus (genus name), from Greek thulakos ‘pouch’
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Phonetic Spelling:
ˈθʌɪləsʌɪn
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a doglike carnivorous marsupial with stripes across the rump, found only in Tasmania. There have been no confirmed sightings since one was captured in 1933, and it is probably now extinct.
Short Definition:doglike carnivorous marsupial with stripes across rump, found only in Tasmania
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