thylacine

noun

thy·​la·​cine ˈthī-lə-ˌsīn How to pronounce thylacine (audio)

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Similar efforts to bring back the woolly mammoth, the dodo and the thylacine, better known as the Tasmanian tiger, are also underway. Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 9 July 2025 Colossal also wants to bring back the dodo, the woolly mammoth, the Tasmanian tiger—or thylacine—and more. Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 8 July 2025 Research on the Australian thylacine (Tasmanian tiger), driven to extinction less than a century ago, is ahead of schedule. Mike Snider, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2025 Also on their de-extinction wish list is the woolly mammoth, the dodo, and the thylacine, or Tasmanian tiger. Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 7 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for thylacine

Word History

Etymology

New Latin Thylacinus, genus of marsupials, from Greek thylakos sack, pouch

First Known Use

1838, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of thylacine was in 1838

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“Thylacine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thylacine. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.

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