Meanings
plural thylacines
- A carnivorous marsupial (†Thylacinus cynocephalus) which was native to Tasmania, now extinct.
[…]high up on an overhanging rock, perhaps twenty feet above the ground, a ghostly white thylacine was clearly visible. Thylacines, or Tasmanian tigers, have been extinct on the mainland of Australia for at least two thousand years.
2020, David Farrier, “The Moment Under the Moment”, in Footprints, 4th Estate, →ISBNSynonyms: Tasmanian tiger, Tasmanian wolf, Tasmanian hyena, Kaparunina
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA carnivorous marsupial (†Thylacinus cynocephalus) which was native to Tasmania, now extinct.
More synonyms by meaning
nounrare doglike carnivorous marsupial of Tasmania having stripes on its back; probably extinct
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Ancient Greekθύλακος“pouch, sack”
- translingualThylacinus
- Englishthylacine
From translingual Thylacinus; from Ancient Greek θύλακος (thúlakos, “pouch, sack”) + Latin -inus (-ine).
More words from translingual, Ancient Greek
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 袋狼, 塔斯馬尼亞虎 /塔斯马尼亚虎
- 袋狼 (dàiláng)extinct carnivorous marsupial
- 塔斯馬尼亞虎 /塔斯马尼亚虎 (Tǎsīmǎníyǎ hǔ)extinct carnivorous marsupial
Czech vakovlk
- vakovlkextinct carnivorous marsupial
Dutch buidelwolf, Tasmaanse tijger
- buidelwolfextinct carnivorous marsupial
- Tasmaanse tijgerextinct carnivorous marsupial
- Tasmaanse buidelwolfextinct carnivorous marsupial
Finnish pussihukka
- pussihukkaextinct carnivorous marsupial
French thylacine
- thylacineextinct carnivorous marsupial
German Beutelwolf, Tasmanischer Wolf
- Beutelwolfextinct carnivorous marsupial
- Tasmanischer Wolfextinct carnivorous marsupial
- Tasmanischer Tigerextinct carnivorous marsupial
Greek θυλακίνος
- θυλακίνος (thylakínos)extinct carnivorous marsupial
Irish tílicín, faolchú na Tasmáine
- tílicínextinct carnivorous marsupial
- faolchú na Tasmáineextinct carnivorous marsupial
Italian tilacino, tigre della Tasmania
- tilacinoextinct carnivorous marsupial
- tigre della Tasmaniaextinct carnivorous marsupial
- lupo della Tasmaniaextinct carnivorous marsupial
- lupo marsupialeextinct carnivorous marsupial
- lupo australeextinct carnivorous marsupial
Japanese 袋狼
- 袋狼 (fukuroōkami)extinct carnivorous marsupial
Korean 틸라신
- 틸라신 (tillasin)extinct carnivorous marsupial
Polish wilk workowaty
- wilk workowatyextinct carnivorous marsupial
Portuguese tilacino, tigre-da-tasmânia
- tilacinoextinct carnivorous marsupial
- tigre-da-tasmâniaextinct carnivorous marsupial
- lobo-da-tasmâniaextinct carnivorous marsupial
Romanian lup marsupial
- lup marsupialextinct carnivorous marsupial
Russian тасмани́йский волк, су́мчатый волк
- тасмани́йский волк (tasmaníjskij volk)extinct carnivorous marsupial
- су́мчатый волк (súmčatyj volk)extinct carnivorous marsupial
Spanish tilacino, lobo de Tasmania
- tilacinoextinct carnivorous marsupial
- lobo de Tasmaniaextinct carnivorous marsupial
- tigre de Tasmaniaextinct carnivorous marsupial
Swedish pungvarg, tasmansk tiger
- pungvargextinct carnivorous marsupial
- tasmansk tigerextinct carnivorous marsupial
- tasmansk vargextinct carnivorous marsupial
Vietnamese chó sói túi, chó sói Tasmania
- chó sói túiextinct carnivorous marsupial
- chó sói Tasmaniaextinct carnivorous marsupial
- hổ Tasmaniaextinct carnivorous marsupial
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Cite this entry
thylacine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thylacine
“thylacine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thylacine. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “thylacine,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thylacine.
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