DASYURID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dasyurid mean? 

• DASYURID (noun)
  The noun DASYURID has 1 sense:

1. small carnivorous nocturnal marsupials of Australia and Tasmania

  Familiarity information: DASYURID used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DASYURID (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small carnivorous nocturnal marsupials of Australia and Tasmania

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

dasyurid; dasyurid marsupial

Hypernyms ("dasyurid" is a kind of...):

marsupial; pouched mammal (mammals of which the females have a pouch (the marsupium) containing the teats where the young are fed and carried)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dasyurid"):

dasyure (any of several more or less arboreal marsupials somewhat resembling martens)

Tasmanian tiger; Tasmanian wolf; thylacine; Thylacinus cynocephalus (rare doglike carnivorous marsupial of Tasmania having stripes on its back; probably extinct)

Sarcophilus hariisi; Tasmanian devil; ursine dasyure (small ferocious carnivorous marsupial having a mostly black coat and long tail)

marsupial mouse; marsupial rat; pouched mouse (any of numerous small sharp-nosed insectivorous marsupials superficially resembling mice or rats)

anteater; banded anteater; Myrmecobius fasciatus; numbat (small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites; nearly extinct)

Holonyms ("dasyurid" is a member of...):

Dasyuridae; family Dasyuridae; family Dasyurinae (dasyures; native cats; pouched mice; banded anteaters; Tasmanian devils)