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Noun: dasyurid
  1. Small carnivorous nocturnal marsupials of Australia and Tasmania
    "The quoll is a well-known dasyurid marsupial";
    - dasyurid marsupial

Derived forms: dasyurids

Type of: marsupial, pouched mammal

Part of: Dasyuridae, family Dasyuridae, family Dasyurinae

Encyclopedia: Dasyurid