thylacine

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

thylacine
    n 1: rare doglike carnivorous marsupial of Tasmania having
         stripes on its back; probably extinct [syn: {thylacine},
         {Tasmanian wolf}, {Tasmanian tiger}, {Thylacinus
         cynocephalus}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Thylacine \Thy"la*cine\, n. [Gr. ? a sack.] (Zool.)
   The zebra wolf. See under {Wolf}.
   [1913 Webster]

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