Phrase guide

Tasmanian wolf

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.

No pronunciation record was provided for this word.

1

noun

Meaning 1

thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

rare doglike carnivorous marsupial of Tasmania having stripes on its back; probably extinct

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: thylacine, Tasmanian tiger, Thylacinus cynocephalus

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: dasyurid marsupial, dasyurid

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 袋狼 (dàiláng) — extinct carnivorous marsupial
  • Chinese Mandarin: 塔斯馬尼亞虎 /塔斯马尼亚虎 (Tǎsīmǎníyǎ hǔ) — extinct carnivorous marsupial
  • Czech: vakovlk — extinct carnivorous marsupial
  • Finnish: pussihukka — extinct carnivorous marsupial
  • German: Beutelwolf — extinct carnivorous marsupial
  • German: Tasmanischer Wolf — extinct carnivorous marsupial
  • German: Tasmanischer Tiger — extinct carnivorous marsupial
  • Irish: faolchú na Tasmáine — extinct carnivorous marsupial
  • Italian: tilacino — extinct carnivorous marsupial
  • Japanese: フクロオオカミ (fukuroōkami) — extinct carnivorous marsupial
  • Khmer: ចចកតាស្មានី (cɑcɑɑk taasmienii) — extinct carnivorous marsupial
  • Khmer: ខ្លាតាស្មានី (klaa taasmienii) — extinct carnivorous marsupial
  • Romanian: lup marsupial — extinct carnivorous marsupial
  • Russian: тасмани́йский волк (tasmaníjskij volk) — extinct carnivorous marsupial
  • Russian: су́мчатый волк (súmčatyj volk) — extinct carnivorous marsupial
  • Swedish: pungvarg — extinct carnivorous marsupial
  • Swedish: tasmansk tiger — extinct carnivorous marsupial
  • Swedish: tasmansk varg — extinct carnivorous marsupial