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DASYURID MARSUPIAL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small carnivorous nocturnal marsupials of Australia and Tasmania
Synonyms:
dasyurid; dasyurid marsupial
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("dasyurid marsupial" is a kind of...):
marsupial; pouched mammal (mammals of which the females have a pouch (the marsupium) containing the teats where the young are fed and carried)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dasyurid marsupial"):
dasyure (any of several more or less arboreal marsupials somewhat resembling martens)
Tasmanian tiger; Tasmanian wolf; thylacine; Thylacinus cynocephalus (rare doglike carnivorous marsupial of Tasmania having stripes on its back; probably extinct)
Sarcophilus hariisi; Tasmanian devil; ursine dasyure (small ferocious carnivorous marsupial having a mostly black coat and long tail)
marsupial mouse; marsupial rat; pouched mouse (any of numerous small sharp-nosed insectivorous marsupials superficially resembling mice or rats)
anteater; banded anteater; Myrmecobius fasciatus; numbat (small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites; nearly extinct)
Holonyms ("dasyurid marsupial" is a member of...):
Dasyuridae; family Dasyuridae; family Dasyurinae (dasyures; native cats; pouched mice; banded anteaters; Tasmanian devils)
