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Complete Definition of "Tasmanian tiger"

wikipedia|Thylacine
English
Image:Tasmanian tiger.gif|thumb|right|Tasmanian tiger

Etymology
tiger|Tiger refers to the stripes on the animal�s back; the thylacine is not related to the tiger, or to the cat family at all.

Noun
en-noun|sg=Tasmanian tiger

  1. The carnivorous marsupial Thylacinus cynocephalus which was native to Tasmania, now extinct.

Synonyms
thylacine

Category:Marsupials
Category:English misnomers

ru:Tasmanian tiger

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