Dasyurid

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Noun
  1. 1
    A member of the family Dasyuridae, comprising carnivorous marsupials.

    "The Tasmanian Devil and the several species of quolls are by far the largest of the dasyurids, but the group is very diverse, and includes about 30 species of small insect-eaters, some not a lot bigger than a mouse."

  2. 2
    small carnivorous nocturnal marsupials of Australia and Tasmania wordnet

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dasyuredasyuredasyurid marsupialdasyurid marsupial

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"The Tasmanian Devil and the several species of quolls are by far the largest of the dasyurids, but the group is very diverse, and includes about 30 species of small insect-eaters, some not a lot bigger than a mouse."

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