thylacine

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English

Two thylacines.

Etymology

Ancient Greek θύλακος (thulakos, “pouch, sack”).

Noun

thylacine (plural thylacines)

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

Synonyms

• (carnivorous mammal): Tasmanian tiger, Tasmanian wolf

Translations

extinct carnivorous marsupial

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 袋狼 (cmn) (dàiláng)

• Czech: vakovlk (cs) m
• Finnish: pussihukka (fi)
• French: thylacine (fr) m
• Irish: tílicín (ga) m

• Japanese: 袋狼 (ふくろおほかみ, fukuroōkami)
• Navajo: náshdóí bizaʼazis hólóní
• Portuguese: tilacino (pt) m, tigre-da-tasmânia (pt) m, lobo-da-tasmânia (pt) m
• Russian: сумчатый волк (ru) (súmčatyj volk) m
• Spanish: tilacino (es) m, lobo de Tasmania (es) m, tigre de Tasmania (es)