Thylacine

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Thylacine \Thy"la*cine\, n. [Gr. ? a sack.] (Zool.)
     The zebra wolf. See under {Wolf}.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  thylacine
       n : rare doglike carnivorous marsupial of Tasmania having
           stripes on its back; probably extinct [syn: {Tasmanian
           wolf}, {Tasmanian tiger}, {Thylacinus cynocephalus}]