1. tasmanian - Noun
2. tasmanian - Adjective
Of or pertaining to Tasmania, or Van Diemen's Land. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Tasmania; specifically (Ethnol.), in the plural, the race of men that formerly inhabited Tasmania, but is now extinct.
Source: Webster's dictionaryA 260 lb Jack Russell would be an unstoppable force of nature akin to the Tasmanian Devil in the Warner Bros cartoons. Source: Internet
After an initiative that was part an exercise in deliberative democracy and part list-building by the Tasmanian senator, Lambie said the “sheer numbers for and against” weren’t the only factor she had considered but “it was an important one”. Source: Internet
Along with quolls, Tasmanian devils have a metabolic rate comparable to non-carnivorous marsupials of a similar size. Source: Internet
An instructive example of this is the population of superb lyrebirds in Tasmania, which have retained the calls of species not native to Tasmania in their repertoire, but have also added some local Tasmanian endemic bird noises. Source: Internet
At present, only the Tasmanian devil has had iPS cells created from skin, and no sperm or egg cells were produced. Source: Internet
Both the Tasmanian devil and the quolls appears to have evolved up to 50 times faster than the average evolutionary rate amongst mammals. citation Reproduction Developmental steps in the maturation of Tasmanian devil young. Source: Internet