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noun
A member of the family Dasyuridae, comprising carnivorous marsupials.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
small carnivorous nocturnal marsupials of Australia and Tasmania
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: dasyurid marsupial
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Broader terms: marsupial, pouched mammal
Narrower terms: dasyure, thylacine, Tasmanian wolf, Tasmanian tiger, Thylacinus cynocephalus, Tasmanian devil, ursine dasyure, Sarcophilus hariisi, pouched mouse, marsupial mouse, marsupial rat, numbat, banded anteater, anteater, Myrmecobius fasciatus
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