Tasmanian wolf

American  

noun

1. thylacine.

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Tasmanian wolf British  

noun

1. other names for thylacine

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Etymology

Origin of Tasmanian wolf

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

Bandoola stars a Burmese elephant, Coorinna a Tasmanian wolf.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Tasmanian wolf, the great auk and the quagga are no longer candidates for pets�or even zoos.

From Time Magazine Archive

Also vanishing, at least in wild areas: the koala "Teddy bear" and the Tasmanian wolf, a zebra-striped, carnivorous marsupial that often hops kangaroo-like on its hind legs.

From Time Magazine Archive

The wombat is Australia's equivalent of the badger, and predatory beasts are represented by the Tasmanian wolf, a doglike marsupial.

From Time Magazine Archive

Even in Australia, where new mammalia have turned up in such odd and fantastic forms, the wolf has his congener in that curious creature known as the Tasmanian wolf.

From Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found A Book of Zoology for Boys by Harvey, William