quoll
Britishnoun
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
Moseby took some dead cats out of a freezer to defrost for stomach-content analysis and went into the laboratory to swab the remains of a quoll to be sent out for DNA tests.
From New York Times • Apr. 25, 2019
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
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