Meaning of native tiger | Babel Free

Definitions

Tasmanian tiger (Thylacinus cynocephalus)

obsolete

Examples

“The “Native Tigers” (Thylacinus cynocephalus) are yet more to be dreaded among sheep than the “devils;” but, fortunately, they are far less numerous.”

“Of the carnivora the largest is an animal known as the hyæna, or, native tiger, which grows to the size of a large dog.”

“Upon my first visit to the cavern, my suspicions fell upon the Thylacinus, or native tiger, as the animal most likely to have carried these bones into it.”

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