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thylacine

/ˈθailəsiːn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.81 in modern English

Syllables
thy-lacine
IPA
/ˈθailəsiːn/
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A carnivorous marsupial (†Thylacinus cynocephalus) which was native to Tasmania, now extinct.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From translingual Thylacinus; from Ancient Greek θύλακος (thúlakos, “pouch, sack”) + Latin -inus (-ine).

Inflected Forms

thylacines (plural)

Derived Forms

thylacinamorphic

Phrases

Sarcophilus harrisii

Frequently Paired Words

sarcophile sarcophiline Sarcophilus harrisii

Synonyms

Tasmanian tiger Tasmanian wolf Tasmanian hyena Kaparunina thylacinus cynocephalus

Questions

How do you pronounce thylacine?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈθailəsiːn/.
What does thylacine mean?
A carnivorous marsupial (†Thylacinus cynocephalus) which was native to Tasmania, now extinct.
Where does thylacine come from?
From translingual Thylacinus; from Ancient Greek θύλακος (thúlakos, “pouch, sack”) + Latin -inus (-ine).

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