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Noun: Tasmanian tiger
  1. Rare doglike carnivorous marsupial of Tasmania having stripes on its back; probably extinct
    - thylacine, Tasmanian wolf, Thylacinus cynocephalus

Derived forms: Tasmanian tigers

Type of: dasyurid, dasyurid marsupial

Part of: genus Thylacinus, Thylacinus

Encyclopedia: Tasmanian tiger