How do you pronounce dunnart?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈdʌnə(ɹ)t/.

dunnart

/ˈdʌnə(ɹ)t/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dun-nart
IPA: /ˈdʌnə(ɹ)t/

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Meaning

noun

Any species of the genus Sminthopsis of small carnivorous marsupials that resemble mice or shrews.

Example Sentences

"After the winter solstice, while the ambient temperature still remained low, nest sharing declined rapidly, due to increasing intolerance among the fat-tailed dunnarts, as breeding began."
"During the original AWC survey, Alexander Baynes identified, in a single hollow salmon gum, 283 jaws of half-a-dozen native mammal species, mostly dunnarts, many of which were recovered from owl pellets."
"Reptiles are an important food source for a wide range of animals, including birds and small native marsupials such as the yellow-footed antechinus and the fat-tailed dunnart."

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Nyunga danard (“Sminthopsis griseoventer”).

Word Breakdown

Root: danard

Inflected Forms

dunnarts (plural)

Phrases

Butler's dunnart chestnut dunnart common dunnart fat-tailed dunnart Gilbert's dunnart greater hairy-footed dunnart grey-bellied dunnart Julia Creek dunnart

Frequently Paired Words

marsupial mouse