dunnart
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of dunnart
C20: from a native Australian language
Example Sentences
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Next the researchers will compare the genome of the thylacine to that of one of its closest living relatives: the fat-tailed dunnart, a mouse-sized marsupial that is relatively abundant and copes well in captivity.
From Scientific American • Aug. 16, 2022
And like other newborn marsupials, the baby thylacines would be little larger than a grain of rice, so even a diminutive dunnart mother could nourish them in her pouch at first.
From Scientific American • Aug. 16, 2022
Turning a dunnart into a thylacine, Helgen says, would be the equivalent of editing a dog’s genome until the resulting animal looked like a cat.
From Scientific American • Aug. 16, 2022
His team sequenced this predator’s genome as well as the genomes of several potential surrogate species, including the dunnart or marsupial mouse.
From Science Magazine • Mar. 9, 2022
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