Dasyure

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Any of various often carnivorous marsupials of the family Dasyuridae of Australia, Tasmania, and adjacent islands, including marsupial mice and rats, native cats, the Tasmanian devil, and the Tasmanian wolf.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Any of various Australasian carnivorous marsupials, of the family Dasyuridae, which include the marsupial equivalent to cats
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A carnivorous catlike marsupial quadruped of Australia, belonging to the genus Dasyurus, called also native cat. There are several species.
  • n. any of several related animals, such as the Tasmanian devil; -- called also ursine dasyure.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. An animal of the subfamily Dasyurinæ.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. any of several more or less arboreal marsupials somewhat resembling martens
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    dasyurid marsupial    dasyurid   
    Cross Reference
    thylacine dasyure    ursine dasyure   
    Variant
    native cat    ursine dasyure   
     
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