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Definition of Sarcophilus
1. Noun. Tasmanian devil.
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Dasyuridae, Family Dasyuridae, Family Dasyurinae
Member holonyms: Sarcophilus Hariisi, Tasmanian Devil, Ursine Dasyure
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sarcophilus
Literary usage of Sarcophilus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"Among the Marsupialia the Tasmania n devil (Sarcophilus) gives a very good idea
of a generalized mammalian brain, and shows a large development of the parts ..."
2. Monograph of the Fossil Mammalia of the Mesozoic Formations by Richard Owen (1871)
"It presents the same convexity from before backward as in Sarcophilus and
Thylacinus, but is relatively less extended transversely, and is rather more ..."
3. An Introduction to the Mammalian Dentition by Thomas Wingate Todd (1918)
"... have attained some similarity in tooth form by quite dissimilar stages.
(Even their ancestors are only distantly related.) Sarcophilus is a modified ..."
4. Proceedings by Royal Colonial Institute (Great Britain) (1879)
"Sarcophilus, or " flesh-lover," designates tlic mischievous, ... Of Sarcophilus,
of which the present ursine kind might be matched by a jackal, ..."
5. Proceedings of the Royal Colonial Institute by Royal Commonwealth Society (1879)
"Sarcophilus, or " flesh-lover," designates the mischievous, untameable brute
which might weigh down a jackal, though of more compact and robust build. ..."
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