thylacine

[ thahy-luh-sahyn, -sin ]

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noun

a wolflike marsupial, Thylacinus cynocephalus, of Tasmania, tan-colored with black stripes across the back: probably extinct.

thylacine

/ ˈθ��ɪ��əˌ��ɪ�� /

noun

an extinct or very rare doglike carnivorous marsupial, Thylacinus cynocephalus, of Tasmania, having greyish-brown fur with dark vertical stripes on the back: family Dasyuridae Also calledTasmanian tigerTasmanian wolf

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Word History and Origins

Origin of thylacine¹

1830–40; < New Latin Thylacinus genus name, equivalent to thylac- (< Greek �ٳ��̄́��ǲ� pouch) + -ī�Գܲ� -ine ¹

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Word History and Origins

Origin of thylacine¹

C19: from New Latin �ٳ�ӯ��ī�Գܲ�, from Greek thulakos pouch, sack

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The company’s other de-extinction hopes include reviving the woolly mammoth, the dodo, and the thylacine, or Tasmanian tiger.

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In recent years, scientists have aimed to clone the Tasmanian tiger or thylacine, an extinct marsupial.

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The Tasmanian tiger, a dog-sized striped carnivorous marsupial also called the thylacine, once roamed the Australian continent and adjacent islands, an apex predator that hunted kangaroos and other prey.

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The Tasmanian tiger, also known as the thylacine, was a remarkable apex carnivorous marsupial that was once distributed all across the Australian continent and the island of Tasmania.

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Officially the last known Tasmanian tiger, or thylacine, died in 1936, but the species' potential survival has become an urban legend.

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Thyestes thylakoid

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