noun

• another term for thylacine

  ‘The Tasmanian wolf chased and killed kangaroos and wallabies.’

  More example sentences

  • ‘Also known as the Tasmanian tiger, the Thylacinus cynocephalus was a wolflike marsupial with prominent stripes on its back.’
  • ‘The last known captive thyacline, also known as the Tasmanian tiger, died in 1936 at the Hobart Zoo in Tasmania, Australia.’
  • ‘Genetic technology may revive extinct Tasmanian tigers… so the Greens are against it, of course.’
  • ‘The Tasmanian tiger, a dog-like creature christened for its striped pelt, was hunted into extinction because it was seen as a threat to livestock.’