Standard Lemma guide

dasyure

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • /ˈdæsiˌjʊə(ɹ)/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Any of various Australasian carnivorous marsupials, of the family Dasyuridae, which include the marsupial equivalent to cats

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dasyurid

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

any of several more or less arboreal marsupials somewhat resembling martens

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: dasyurid marsupial, dasyurid

Narrower terms: eastern dasyure, Dasyurus quoll, native cat, Dasyurus viverrinus

History

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δασύς (dasús, “hairy”) + οὐρά (ourá, “tail”). By surface analysis, dasy- + -ure (“tail”).