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Tasmanian devil

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A carnivorous marsupial (Sarcophilus harrisii) found exclusively on the island of Tasmania.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sarcophiline

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

small ferocious carnivorous marsupial having a mostly black coat and long tail

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ursine dasyure, Sarcophilus hariisi

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: dasyurid marsupial, dasyurid

History

Etymology

From Tasmanian + devil.

Across languages

Translations

76 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: Tasmaniese duiwel — Sarcophilus harrisii
  • Arabic: شيطان تسمانيا — Sarcophilus harrisii
  • Armenian: թասմանյան հրեշ (tʻasmanyan hreš) — Sarcophilus harrisii
  • Asturian: diañu de Tasmania — Sarcophilus harrisii
  • Asturian: demoniu de Tasmania — Sarcophilus harrisii
  • Azerbaijani: Tasmaniya iblisi — Sarcophilus harrisii
  • Basque: Tasmaniako deabru — Sarcophilus harrisii
  • Belarusian: сумчаты д’ябал (sumčaty dʺjabal) — Sarcophilus harrisii
  • Breton: diaoul Tasmania — Sarcophilus harrisii
  • Bulgarian: тасманийски дявол (tasmanijski djavol) — Sarcophilus harrisii
  • Catalan: diable de Tasmània — Sarcophilus harrisii
  • Chinese Mandarin: 袋獾 (dàihuān) — Sarcophilus harrisii
  • Chinese Mandarin: 塔斯馬尼亞惡魔 /塔斯马尼亚恶魔 (tǎsīmǎníyà èmó) — Sarcophilus harrisii
  • Czech: ďábel medvědovitý — Sarcophilus harrisii
  • Danish: tasmansk djævel — Sarcophilus harrisii
  • Dutch: Tasmaanse duivel — Sarcophilus harrisii
  • Dutch: buidelduivel — Sarcophilus harrisii
  • Esperanto: tasmana diablo — Sarcophilus harrisii
  • Finnish: pussiahma — Sarcophilus harrisii
  • Finnish: pussipiru — Sarcophilus harrisii
  • French: diable de Tasmanie — Sarcophilus harrisii
  • Galician: diaño de Tasmania — Sarcophilus harrisii
  • German: Beutelteufel — Sarcophilus harrisii
  • German: Tasmanischer Teufel — Sarcophilus harrisii
  • Greek: διάβολος της Τασμανίας (diávolos tis Tasmanías) — Sarcophilus harrisii
  • Hebrew: שד טסמני — Sarcophilus harrisii
  • Hindi: तस्मानियाई डैविल (tasmāniyāī ḍaivil) — Sarcophilus harrisii
  • Hungarian: erszényes ördög — Sarcophilus harrisii
  • Hungarian: tasman ördög — Sarcophilus harrisii
  • Indonesian: setan tasmania — Sarcophilus harrisii
  • Interlingua: diabolo de Tasmania — Sarcophilus harrisii
  • Irish: diabhal Tasmánach — Sarcophilus harrisii
  • Italian: diavolo della Tasmania — Sarcophilus harrisii
  • Italian: diavolo orsino — Sarcophilus harrisii
  • Japanese: タスマニアデビル (tasumaniadebiru) — Sarcophilus harrisii
  • Japanese: フクログマ (fukuroguma) — Sarcophilus harrisii
  • Japanese: フクロアナグマ (fukuroanaguma) — Sarcophilus harrisii
  • Japanese: フクロクズリ (fukurokuzuri) — Sarcophilus harrisii
  • Kashubian: tasmansczi purtk — Sarcophilus harrisii
  • Korean: 태즈메이니아 데빌 (Taejeumeinia debil) — Sarcophilus harrisii
  • Kyrgyz: баштыкчан шайтан (baştıkcan şaytan) — Sarcophilus harrisii
  • Latvian: tasmānijas velns — Sarcophilus harrisii
  • Latvian: velnsomainis — Sarcophilus harrisii
  • Lithuanian: sterblinis velnias — Sarcophilus harrisii
  • Macedonian: Тасмански ѓавол (Tasmanski ǵavol) — Sarcophilus harrisii
  • Malayalam: ടാസ്മേനിയൻ ഡെവിൾ (ṭāsmēniyaṉ ḍeviḷ) — Sarcophilus harrisii
  • Mongolian: Тасманийн чөтгөр (Tasmaniin čötgör) — Sarcophilus harrisii
  • Navajo: mąʼii bizaʼazis hólóní — Sarcophilus harrisii
  • Pashto: ټاسماني شيطان — Sarcophilus harrisii
  • Persian: شیطان تاسمانی — Sarcophilus harrisii
  • Polish: diabeł tasmański — Sarcophilus harrisii
  • Portuguese: diabo-da-tasmânia — Sarcophilus harrisii
  • Punjabi: تسمانیائی ڈیول (tsmāneyā'ī ḍeyol) — Sarcophilus harrisii
  • Romanian: diavol tasmanian — Sarcophilus harrisii
  • Russian: тасмани́йский дья́вол (tasmaníjskij dʹjávol) — Sarcophilus harrisii
  • Russian: сумчатый дьявол (sumčatyj dʹjavol) — Sarcophilus harrisii
  • Russian: сумчатый чёрт (sumčatyj čort) — Sarcophilus harrisii
  • Scottish Gaelic: diabhal Tasmanach — Sarcophilus harrisii
  • Serbo-Croatian: tasmanski vrag — Sarcophilus harrisii
  • Serbo-Croatian: tasmanijski vrag — Sarcophilus harrisii
  • Serbo-Croatian: tasmanijski đavo — Sarcophilus harrisii
  • Silesian: tasmański djoboł — Sarcophilus harrisii
  • Slovak: diabol tasmánsky — Sarcophilus harrisii
  • Slovene: tasmanski vrag — Sarcophilus harrisii
  • Spanish: diablo de Tasmania — Sarcophilus harrisii
  • Spanish: demonio de Tasmania — Sarcophilus harrisii
  • Swedish: pungdjävul — Sarcophilus harrisii
  • Swedish: tasmansk djävul — Sarcophilus harrisii
  • Tamil: தாசுமேனியன் டெவில் (tācumēṉiyaṉ ṭevil) — Sarcophilus harrisii
  • Thai: แทสเมเนียนเดวิล (tɛ́ɛs-mee-nîian-dee-wîl) — Sarcophilus harrisii
  • Turkish: Tazmanya canavarı — Sarcophilus harrisii
  • Turkish: Tazmanya şeytanı — Sarcophilus harrisii
  • Ukrainian: тасманійський диявол (tasmanijsʹkyj dyjavol) — Sarcophilus harrisii
  • Urdu: تسمانیائی ڈیول (tsmānyāī ḍyol) — Sarcophilus harrisii
  • Uyghur: خالتىلىق بورسۇق (xaltiliq borsuq) — Sarcophilus harrisii
  • Welsh: cythraul Tasmania — Sarcophilus harrisii