[das-ee-yoo
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| 1. | any of several nocturnal, carnivorous marsupials of the genus Dasyurus and related genera, of Australia, Tasmania, and nearby islands, typically having a reddish or olive-brown coat marked with white spots. |
| 2. | Also called ursine dasyure. any of several related animals, as the Tasmanian devil. |
[das-i-yoor-ahyn, -in] , adjective | das·y·ure (dās'ē-yŏŏr') n. Any of various often carnivorous marsupials of the family Dasyuridae of Australia, Tasmania, and adjacent islands, including marsupial mice and rats, native cats, the Tasmanian devil, and the Tasmanian wolf. [New Latin Dasyūrus, genus name : Greek dasus, hairy + ourā, tail; see ors- in Indo-European roots.] |