dasyurid
English Thesaurus
1. small carnivorous nocturnal marsupials of Australia and Tasmania (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | marsupial, pouched mammal, |
| definition | : | mammals of which the females have a pouch (the marsupium) containing the teats where the young are fed and carried (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | dasyure, |
| definition | : | any of several more or less arboreal marsupials somewhat resembling martens (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | tasmanian tiger, tasmanian wolf, thylacine, thylacinus cynocephalus, |
| definition | : | rare doglike carnivorous marsupial of Tasmania having stripes on its back; probably extinct (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | sarcophilus hariisi, tasmanian devil, ursine dasyure, |
| definition | : | small ferocious carnivorous marsupial having a mostly black coat and long tail (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | marsupial mouse, marsupial rat, pouched mouse, |
| definition | : | any of numerous small sharp-nosed insectivorous marsupials superficially resembling mice or rats (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | anteater, banded anteater, myrmecobius fasciatus, numbat, |
| definition | : | small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites; nearly extinct (noun.animal) |
| member meronym | : | dasyuridae, family dasyuridae, family dasyurinae, |
| definition | : | dasyures; native cats; pouched mice; banded anteaters; Tasmanian devils (noun.animal) |
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