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URSINE DASYURE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ursine dasyure mean?
• URSINE DASYURE (noun)
The noun URSINE DASYURE has 1 sense:
1. small ferocious carnivorous marsupial having a mostly black coat and long tail
Familiarity information: URSINE DASYURE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small ferocious carnivorous marsupial having a mostly black coat and long tail
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Sarcophilus hariisi; Tasmanian devil; ursine dasyure
Hypernyms ("ursine dasyure" is a kind of...):
dasyurid; dasyurid marsupial (small carnivorous nocturnal marsupials of Australia and Tasmania)
Holonyms ("ursine dasyure" is a member of...):
genus Sarcophilus; Sarcophilus (Tasmanian devil)
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