marsupial lion

noun

A carnivorous marsupial that lived in Australia during the Pleistocene, of the extinct genus Thylacoleo

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Meanings

nounmarsupial lion (plural marsupial lions)

plural marsupial lions

  1. A carnivorous marsupial that lived in Australia during the Pleistocene, of the extinct genus Thylacoleo

    The first Australians, I reflected, will have known real monsters such as the Thylacaleo, or ‘marsupial lion’.

    1987, Bruce Chatwin, The Songlines, Vintage, published 1998, page 225

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 袋獅 /袋狮
  • 袋獅 /袋狮 (dàishī)Thylacoleo
Finnish pussileijona
  • pussileijonaThylacoleo
Japanese 袋獅
  • 袋獅 (fukuroraion)Thylacoleo
Russian су́мчатый лев
  • су́мчатый лев (súmčatyj lev)Thylacoleo
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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