thylacine

[ thahy-luh-sahyn, -sin ]

noun

1. a wolflike marsupial, Thylacinus cynocephalus, of Tasmania, tan-colored with black stripes across the back: probably extinct.

thylacine

/ ˈθaɪləˌsaɪn /

noun

1. an extinct or very rare doglike carnivorous marsupial, Thylacinus cynocephalus, of Tasmania, having greyish-brown fur with dark vertical stripes on the back: family Dasyuridae Also calledTasmanian tigerTasmanian wolf

Word History and Origins

Origin of thylacine¹

1830–40; < New Latin Thylacinus genus name, equivalent to thylac- (< Greek thȳ́lakos pouch) + -īnus -ine ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of thylacine¹

C19: from New Latin thӯlacīnus, from Greek thulakos pouch, sack

Example Sentences

If everything goes smoothly, the company hopes to succeed in re-creating its first long-extinct animal, the striped marsupial predator the thylacine, by 2025.

From MIT Technology Review

Elephants take around 18 to 22 months to gestate, whereas marsupials—and especially the dunnart, which will be our surrogate species for the thylacine—are anywhere between 12 and 14 days.

From MIT Technology Review

Colossal Biosciences, a Texas-based de-extinction company that made headlines last September when it revealed that it planned to bring back the woolly mammoth, announced today that its second project will be resurrecting the thylacine.

From Singularity Hub 

Our new high-resolution numbat genome map can help us fill in the missing bits of the thylacine genome.

From Singularity Hub 

Crucially, numbats and thylacines shared a common ancestor that lived some time between 35 million and 41 million years ago—relatively recently in evolutionary terms.

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It is of about the size of a Badger, and is, like the Thylacine, a nocturnal animal.

From Project Gutenberg

The extermination of the thylacine would be a zoological calamity; but it is impending.

From Project Gutenberg

The male Thylacine has a pouch which is quite or very nearly as well formed as in the female.

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Among living mammals the Seals and the Thylacine all show some triconodont teeth.

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But it is stated that the Thylacine is quite capable of keeping even a pack of dogs at bay.

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