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Tasmanian tiger
noun
Definition of TASMANIAN TIGER
: a somewhat doglike carnivorous marsupial (Thylacinus cynocephalus) that formerly inhabited Tasmania but is now considered extinct —called also Tasmanian wolf, thylacine
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circa 1891
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