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quoll

British  
/ ˈkwɒl /

noun

  1. another name for native cat

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of quoll

C18: from a native Australian language

Example Sentences

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Medellín Legorreta says it was inspired by an innovative rescue of Australia’s northern quoll.

From Science Magazine • Oct. 11, 2023

In Far North Queensland, FNQ Nature Tours takes visitors on day-long treks in search of the spotted-tail quoll — a marsupial that is endangered and, like its cousin the Tasmanian devil, also carnivorous.

From Washington Post • Mar. 18, 2021

I couldn’t help thinking of all the purported thylacine videos that are dismissed as “just” a quoll.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 25, 2018

In writing quoll biology into my novel and a short story, I discovered that artists and writers seek truth as much as scientists do.

From Nature • May 8, 2018

And my worry is compounded when I fail to spot two species that were once common here: the large monitor lizard called the goanna and a small, spotted carnivorous marsupial, the quoll.

From New York Times • Aug. 1, 2011