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quoll

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈkwɒl/
  • UK: /ˈkwəʊl/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ˈkwɒl/
  • US: /ˈkwoʊl/
  • rhymes with -ɒl

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noun

Meaning 1

Any of the various carnivorous marsupials of the genus Dasyurus found in Australia and New Guinea, roughly the size of a domestic cat.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From the earlier form je-quoll, from Guugu Yimidhirr dhigul. Recorded by Banks but then virtually forgotten for 150 years, with the term native cat used instead. Today readopted and gaining in popularity.

Across languages

Translations

33 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: دصيور — carnivorous marsupial of the genus Dasyurus
  • Bulgarian: куо́л (kuól) — carnivorous marsupial of the genus Dasyurus
  • Catalan: gat marsupial — carnivorous marsupial of the genus Dasyurus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 袋鼬 (dàiyòu) — carnivorous marsupial of the genus Dasyurus
  • Czech: kunovec — carnivorous marsupial of the genus Dasyurus
  • Czech: šlakol — carnivorous marsupial of the genus Dasyurus
  • Dutch: buidelmarter — carnivorous marsupial of the genus Dasyurus
  • Finnish: pussinäätä — carnivorous marsupial of the genus Dasyurus
  • French: dasyure — carnivorous marsupial of the genus Dasyurus
  • French: chat marsupial — carnivorous marsupial of the genus Dasyurus
  • Gamilaraay: bagandi — carnivorous marsupial of the genus Dasyurus
  • German: Beutelmarder — carnivorous marsupial of the genus Dasyurus
  • Guugu Yimidhirr: dhigul — carnivorous marsupial of the genus Dasyurus
  • Hebrew: נמיית הכיס (nemiyát hakís) — carnivorous marsupial of the genus Dasyurus
  • Hungarian: erszényesnyest — carnivorous marsupial of the genus Dasyurus
  • Indonesian: gumbem — carnivorous marsupial of the genus Dasyurus
  • Italian: dasiuro — carnivorous marsupial of the genus Dasyurus
  • Japanese: 袋猫 (fukuroneko) — carnivorous marsupial of the genus Dasyurus
  • Korean: 쿠올 (kuol) — carnivorous marsupial of the genus Dasyurus
  • Malay: kucing harimau — carnivorous marsupial of the genus Dasyurus
  • Navajo: mósí bizaʼazis hólóní — carnivorous marsupial of the genus Dasyurus
  • Polish: niełaz — carnivorous marsupial of the genus Dasyurus
  • Portuguese: gato-marsupial — carnivorous marsupial of the genus Dasyurus
  • Portuguese: quoll — carnivorous marsupial of the genus Dasyurus
  • Russian: пятнистые сумчатые куницы (pjatnistyje sumčatyje kunicy) — carnivorous marsupial of the genus Dasyurus
  • Serbo-Croatian: kvol — carnivorous marsupial of the genus Dasyurus
  • Serbo-Croatian: tobločarska mačka — carnivorous marsupial of the genus Dasyurus
  • Swedish: pungmård — carnivorous marsupial of the genus Dasyurus
  • Thai: ควอล (kwɔɔl) — carnivorous marsupial of the genus Dasyurus
  • Vietnamese: mèo túi — carnivorous marsupial of the genus Dasyurus
  • Vietnamese: cầy túi — carnivorous marsupial of the genus Dasyurus
  • Woiwurrung: be'de dil — carnivorous marsupial of the genus Dasyurus
  • Woiwurrung: yurn — carnivorous marsupial of the genus Dasyurus