Definitions for thylacine

thylacine thy·la·cine

Spelling: [thahy-luh-sahyn, -sin]
IPA: /ˈθaɪ ləˌsaɪn, -sɪn/

Thylacine is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 540 anagrams from letters in thylacine (acehilnty).

Definitions for thylacine

noun

  1. a wolflike marsupial, Thylacinus cynocephalus, of Tasmania, tan-colored with black stripes across the back: probably extinct.

Origin of thylacine

1830-40; New Latin Thylacinus genus name, equivalent to thylac- (Greek thȳ́lakos pouch) + -īnus -ine1

Examples for thylacine

Among living mammals the Seals and the thylacine all show some triconodont teeth.

The extermination of the thylacine would be a zoological calamity; but it is impending.

In life the tail probably passed almost imperceptibly into the body, as in the Tasmanian thylacine.

But it is stated that the thylacine is quite capable of keeping even a pack of dogs at bay.

It is of about the size of a Badger, and is, like the thylacine, a nocturnal animal.

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