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Noun: Tasmanian wolf
  1. Rare doglike carnivorous marsupial of Tasmania having stripes on its back; probably extinct
    "The last known Tasmanian wolf died in captivity in 1936";
    - thylacine, Tasmanian tiger, Thylacinus cynocephalus

Derived forms: Tasmanian wolves

Type of: dasyurid, dasyurid marsupial

Part of: genus Thylacinus, Thylacinus

Encyclopedia: Tasmanian wolf