Dasyurus

Noun

Meaning

type genus of the family Dasyuridae: native cats

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

bandicoot kangaroo possum bilby wombat thylacine quoll native cat genus Dasyurus

Hypernyms

mammal genus

Phrases with the word

Dasyurus hallucatus Dasyurus maculatus Dasyurus geoffroii Dasyurus spartacus Dasyurus albopunctatus

Examples

Quoted in Paddle (2000), p. 3. Positive identification of the thylacine as the animal encountered cannot be made from this report since the tiger quoll (Dasyurus maculatus) is similarly described. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

dasyuroid dasyuromorph dasyuromorphian Dasyurus albopunctatus Dasyurus geoffroii Dasyurus hallucatus