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thylacine

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.

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  • /ˈθailəsiːn/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A carnivorous marsupial (†Thylacinus cynocephalus) which was native to Tasmania, now extinct.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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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: Tasmanian wolf, Tasmanian tiger, Thylacinus cynocephalus

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: dasyurid marsupial, dasyurid

History

Etymology

From translingual Thylacinus; from Ancient Greek θύλακος (thúlakos, “pouch, sack”) + Latin -inus (-ine).

Across languages

Translations

34 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 袋狼 (dàiláng) — extinct carnivorous marsupial
  • Czech: vakovlk — extinct carnivorous marsupial
  • Dutch: buidelwolf — extinct carnivorous marsupial
  • Dutch: Tasmaanse tijger — extinct carnivorous marsupial
  • Dutch: Tasmaanse buidelwolf — extinct carnivorous marsupial
  • Finnish: pussihukka — extinct carnivorous marsupial
  • French: thylacine — extinct carnivorous marsupial
  • Georgian: ⴇⴈⴊⴀⴚⴈⴌⴈ (tilacini) — extinct carnivorous marsupial
  • German: Beutelwolf — extinct carnivorous marsupial
  • Greek: θυλακίνος (thylakínos) — extinct carnivorous marsupial
  • Ingush: цокъабордз (coqʼabordz) — extinct carnivorous marsupial
  • Irish: tílicín — extinct carnivorous marsupial
  • Italian: tilacino — extinct carnivorous marsupial
  • Italian: tigre della Tasmania — extinct carnivorous marsupial
  • Italian: lupo della Tasmania — extinct carnivorous marsupial
  • Italian: lupo marsupiale — extinct carnivorous marsupial
  • Italian: lupo australe — extinct carnivorous marsupial
  • Japanese: 袋狼 (fukuroōkami) — extinct carnivorous marsupial
  • Korean: 틸라신 (tillasin) — extinct carnivorous marsupial
  • Navajo: náshdóí bizaʼazis hólóní — extinct carnivorous marsupial
  • Polish: wilk workowaty — extinct carnivorous marsupial
  • Portuguese: tilacino — extinct carnivorous marsupial
  • Portuguese: tigre-da-tasmânia — extinct carnivorous marsupial
  • Portuguese: lobo-da-tasmânia — extinct carnivorous marsupial
  • Russian: су́мчатый волк (súmčatyj volk) — extinct carnivorous marsupial
  • Spanish: tilacino — extinct carnivorous marsupial
  • Spanish: lobo de Tasmania — extinct carnivorous marsupial
  • Spanish: tigre de Tasmania — extinct carnivorous marsupial
  • Swedish: pungvarg — extinct carnivorous marsupial
  • Swedish: tasmansk tiger — extinct carnivorous marsupial
  • Swedish: tasmansk varg — extinct carnivorous marsupial
  • Vietnamese: chó sói túi — extinct carnivorous marsupial
  • Vietnamese: chó sói Tasmania — extinct carnivorous marsupial
  • Vietnamese: hổ Tasmania — extinct carnivorous marsupial