thylacine

noun

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

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In addition to bringing back the dire wolf, other Colossal projects focus on bringing back the woolly mammoth, thylacine and dodo, all of which have been extinct for hundreds to thousands of years. Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Apr. 2025 Ord, from the thylacine group, broke in with some news of her own. D. T. Max, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025 The alterations would approximate aspects of the thylacine’s phenotype—the observable characteristics of a creature. D. T. Max, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025 The startup had been working the past few years on three species: the mammoth, their marquee animal, which Lamm estimates will be ready by 2028, plus the dodo and the thylacine, a marsupial also known as the Tamsanian tiger. Andrea Marks, Rolling Stone, 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 25 Apr. 2025.

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