quoll

/ ˈkwɒl /

noun

1. another name for native cat

Word History and Origins

Origin of quoll¹

C18: from a native Australian language

Example Sentences

The Curtin University-led study has identified three new species of mulgaras, which are small carnivorous marsupials related to the Tasmanian Devil and quoll and that are important to the arid and semi-arid regions they inhabit in South Australia, Western Australia, the Northern Territory and Queensland.

From Science Daily

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

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

From Science Magazine

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

Conservationist Bronwyn Fancourt shared this video on Friday of a quoll being rescued and released back into the Oxley Wild Rivers national park in NSW, even after the devastation had rolled through.

From The Guardian