Illustration of Tasmanian tiger
Tasmanian tiger
noun
: a somewhat doglike carnivorous marsupial (Thylacinus cynocephalus) that formerly inhabited Tasmania but is now considered extinct
called also Tasmanian wolf, thylacine
Word History
First Known Use
circa 1891, in the meaning defined above
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