native cat

noun

any of several catlike dasyures of the genus Dasyurus, of Australia and Tasmania: most populations are now rare.

native cat

any of various Australian catlike carnivorous marsupials of the genus Dasyurus

First recorded in 1875–80

But at the first mention of the Native Cat nearly every bird, and all the small game, prepared to get away.

I'm but a funny wild, little, spotted Native Cat, With claws and tail like a squirrel and a nose like a rat.

They also saw strange birds, as well as the wild or native cat, which has been such a pest ever since in most parts of Australia.

We saw that the Australian moon-myth of Mityan was of a native cat.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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