quoll
noun
ˈkwäl 
: any of a genus (Dasyurus) of small spotted carnivorous marsupials of Australia and New Guinea
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web When the baby is old enough to leave the quoll pouch, raise it into adulthood. 
Frances Vinall, Washington Post, 26 May 2022 By 2003, the Australian government moved an insurance population of quolls to offshore islands free of cane toads. Ashley Braun, Longreads, 24 Oct. 2019 But the new quoll joeys indicate that despite its setbacks, the rewilding program has been a success. Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 10 July 2018 After the arrival of Europeans, new predators like cats began to make a dent in the quoll population. Matt Warren, Science | AAAS, 5 June 2018 One of Tasmania’s most prominent tiger-hunting groups, the Thylacine Research Unit, or T.R.U., looked at the images and pronounced the animal a quoll, a marsupial carnivore that looks vaguely like a weasel. Brooke Jarvis, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2012 It's estimated that larger enclosures will allow for 40 additional quoll births each year. National Geographic, 15 Mar. 2018 For thousands of years eastern quolls played a part in the ecosystem as primarily insect-eaters. Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 16 Mar. 2018 If two other species are any indication, however, the quolls should do fine. Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 16 Mar. 2018 See More
Frances Vinall, Washington Post, 26 May 2022 By 2003, the Australian government moved an insurance population of quolls to offshore islands free of cane toads. Ashley Braun, Longreads, 24 Oct. 2019 But the new quoll joeys indicate that despite its setbacks, the rewilding program has been a success. Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 10 July 2018 After the arrival of Europeans, new predators like cats began to make a dent in the quoll population. Matt Warren, Science | AAAS, 5 June 2018 One of Tasmania’s most prominent tiger-hunting groups, the Thylacine Research Unit, or T.R.U., looked at the images and pronounced the animal a quoll, a marsupial carnivore that looks vaguely like a weasel. Brooke Jarvis, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2012 It's estimated that larger enclosures will allow for 40 additional quoll births each year. National Geographic, 15 Mar. 2018 For thousands of years eastern quolls played a part in the ecosystem as primarily insect-eaters. Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 16 Mar. 2018 If two other species are any indication, however, the quolls should do fine. Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 16 Mar. 2018 See More Word History
Etymology
short for je-quoll, from Guugu Yimidhirr (Australian aboriginal language of northern Queensland) dhigul
First Known Use
1770, in the meaning defined above