quoll
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of quoll
C18: from a native Australian language
Example Sentences
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They injected cane toads too small to kill a quoll with thiabendazole, an antiparasitic agent that induces nausea, and fed them to captive juvenile quolls.
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
She took a swab and ran it around a bloodied tracking collar that had been attached to the quoll.
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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