Meanings
nounTasmanian devil (plural Tasmanian devils)
plural Tasmanian devils
- A carnivorous marsupial (Sarcophilus harrisii) found exclusively on the island of Tasmania.
Synonyms: sarcophiline
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA carnivorous marsupial (Sarcophilus harrisii) found exclusively on the island of Tasmania.
Similar
More synonyms by meaning
nounsmall ferocious carnivorous marsupial having a mostly black coat and long tail
Similar
ursine dasyureSarcophilus harrisii
Broader
dasyurid marsupialdasyurid
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Afrikaans Tasmaniese duiwel
- Tasmaniese duiwelSarcophilus harrisii
Arabic شيطان تسمانيا
- شيطان تسمانياSarcophilus harrisii
Basque Tasmaniako deabru
- Tasmaniako deabruSarcophilus harrisii
Bulgarian тасманийски дявол
- тасманийски дявол (tasmanijski djavol)Sarcophilus harrisii
Catalan diable de Tasmània
- diable de TasmàniaSarcophilus harrisii
Chinese Mandarin 袋獾, 塔斯馬尼亞惡魔 /塔斯马尼亚恶魔
- 袋獾 (dàihuān)Sarcophilus harrisii
- 塔斯馬尼亞惡魔 /塔斯马尼亚恶魔 (tǎsīmǎníyà èmó)Sarcophilus harrisii
Czech ďábel medvědovitý
- ďábel medvědovitýSarcophilus harrisii
Danish tasmansk djævel
- tasmansk djævelSarcophilus harrisii
Dutch Tasmaanse duivel, buidelduivel
- Tasmaanse duivelSarcophilus harrisii
- buidelduivelSarcophilus harrisii
Esperanto tasmana diablo
- tasmana diabloSarcophilus harrisii
Finnish pussiahma, pussipiru
- pussiahmaSarcophilus harrisii
- pussipiruSarcophilus harrisii
French diable de Tasmanie
- diable de TasmanieSarcophilus harrisii
German Beutelteufel, Tasmanischer Teufel
- BeutelteufelSarcophilus harrisii
- Tasmanischer TeufelSarcophilus harrisii
Greek διάβολος της Τασμανίας
- διάβολος της Τασμανίας (diávolos tis Tasmanías)Sarcophilus harrisii
Hebrew שד טסמני
- שד טסמניSarcophilus harrisii
Hindi तस्मानियाई डैविल
- तस्मानियाई डैविल (tasmāniyāī ḍaivil)Sarcophilus harrisii
Hungarian erszényes ördög, tasman ördög
- erszényes ördögSarcophilus harrisii
- tasman ördögSarcophilus harrisii
Indonesian setan tasmania
- setan tasmaniaSarcophilus harrisii
Irish diabhal Tasmánach
- diabhal TasmánachSarcophilus harrisii
Italian diavolo della Tasmania, diavolo orsino
- diavolo della TasmaniaSarcophilus harrisii
- diavolo orsinoSarcophilus harrisii
Japanese タスマニアデビル, フクログマ
- タスマニアデビル (tasumaniadebiru)Sarcophilus harrisii
- フクログマ (fukuroguma)Sarcophilus harrisii
- フクロアナグマ (fukuroanaguma)Sarcophilus harrisii
- フクロクズリ (fukurokuzuri)Sarcophilus harrisii
Korean 태즈메이니아 데빌
- 태즈메이니아 데빌 (Taejeumeinia debil)Sarcophilus harrisii
Latvian tasmānijas velns, velnsomainis
- tasmānijas velnsSarcophilus harrisii
- velnsomainisSarcophilus harrisii
Lithuanian sterblinis velnias
- sterblinis velniasSarcophilus harrisii
Persian شیطان تاسمانی
- شیطان تاسمانیSarcophilus harrisii
Polish diabeł tasmański
- diabeł tasmańskiSarcophilus harrisii
Portuguese diabo-da-tasmânia
- diabo-da-tasmâniaSarcophilus harrisii
Romanian diavol tasmanian
- diavol tasmanianSarcophilus harrisii
Russian тасмани́йский дья́вол, сумчатый дьявол
- тасмани́йский дья́вол (tasmaníjskij dʹjávol)Sarcophilus harrisii
- сумчатый дьявол (sumčatyj dʹjavol)Sarcophilus harrisii
- сумчатый чёрт (sumčatyj čort)Sarcophilus harrisii
Scottish Gaelic diabhal Tasmanach
- diabhal TasmanachSarcophilus harrisii
Slovak diabol tasmánsky
- diabol tasmánskySarcophilus harrisii
Spanish diablo de Tasmania, demonio de Tasmania
- diablo de TasmaniaSarcophilus harrisii
- demonio de TasmaniaSarcophilus harrisii
Swedish pungdjävul, tasmansk djävul
- pungdjävulSarcophilus harrisii
- tasmansk djävulSarcophilus harrisii
Tamil தாசுமேனியன் டெவில்
- தாசுமேனியன் டெவில் (tācumēṉiyaṉ ṭevil)Sarcophilus harrisii
Thai แทสเมเนียนเดวิล
- แทสเมเนียนเดวิล (tɛ́ɛs-mee-nîian-dee-wîl)Sarcophilus harrisii
Turkish Tazmanya canavarı, Tazmanya şeytanı
- Tazmanya canavarıSarcophilus harrisii
- Tazmanya şeytanıSarcophilus harrisii
Ukrainian тасманійський диявол
- тасманійський диявол (tasmanijsʹkyj dyjavol)Sarcophilus harrisii
Urdu تسمانیائی ڈیول
- تسمانیائی ڈیول (tsmānyāī ḍyol)Sarcophilus harrisii
Welsh cythraul Tasmania
- cythraul TasmaniaSarcophilus harrisii
Cite this entry
APA
Tasmanian devil. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tasmanian%20devil
MLA
“Tasmanian devil.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tasmanian%20devil. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Tasmanian devil,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tasmanian%20devil.
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