Definition of thylacines Thylacines

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What does thylacines mean?

Wiktionary

thylacines (Noun)
Plural of thylacine.

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thylacines, noun, plural of thylacine.

WordNet

Noun Plural: thylacines
thylacine - rare doglike carnivorous marsupial of Tasmania having stripes on its back; probably extinct
		Tasmanian wolf, Tasmanian tiger, Thylacinus cynocephalus
		dasyurid, dasyurid marsupial small carnivorous nocturnal marsupials of Australia and Tasmania

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Wiktionary

thylacine (Noun)
The carnivorous marsupial Thylacinus cynocephalus which was native to Tasmania, now extinct.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

thylacine (n.)
The zebra wolf. See under Wolf.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

thylacine
thī′la-sēn, n. the largest of the extant predaceous marsupials, represented by one species, now restricted to Tasmania

Wikipedia

Thylacines were carnivorous (meat eating) marsupial animals. The "Thylacine" was also known as a Tasmanian Tiger, a Tasmanian Wolf and a Tasmanian hyena. The last known "Thylacine" died in a Hobart zoo on September 7, 1936. They once lived across Australia and New Guinea. There are paintings of the animals in the north of Western Australia, and in the Northern Territory. At Riversleigh in north Queensland, scientists have discovered the fossil bones of thylacines that are at least 30 million years old. When the dingo came to Australia about 5,000 years ago, the thylacine slowly died out. By the time Europeans came to Australia in 1788, the Thylacine was only living in Tasmania. They were hunted because farmers said they were killing sheep. The Tasmanian government gave money to farmers for each thylacine they killed. They are now extinct, there are no thylacines left alive anywhere in the world).

Image:ThylacineHobart1933.jpg|thumb|Thyalcine in Hobart zoo, 1933

Appearance.

The "Thylacine" was about 1.1 metres (44 inches) long and its tail was up to 53 cms (21 inches) long. It was grey and brown in colour with 16 black or brown stripes on its back. It had the same shape as a dog, but the back, rump and tail were more like a kangaroo. Its tail was quite stiff. It had very short legs. It had teeth like a dog, but with more incisor teeth. It also had a crescent shaped bag, opening to the back, to carry its young.

The "thylacine" was a nocturnal (night) hunting animal. They ate wa