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Definition of Dasyure
1. Noun. Any of several more or less arboreal marsupials somewhat resembling martens.
Group relationships: Dasyurus, Genus Dasyurus
Specialized synonyms: Dasyurus Quoll, Eastern Dasyure, Dasyurus Viverrinus, Native Cat
Definition of Dasyure
1. n. A carnivorous marsupial quadruped of Australia, belonging to the genus Dasyurus. There are several species.
Definition of Dasyure
1. Noun. Any of various Australasian carnivorous marsupials, of the family'' Dasyuridae'', which include the marsupial equivalent to cats ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dasyure
1. a flesh-eating mammal [n -S]
Medical Definition of Dasyure
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Dasyure
Literary usage of Dasyure
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Illustrated Natural History by John George Wood (1865)
"This animal is also known under the names of Ursine dasyure and Ursine Opossum
... In the Common dasyure the general colour of the fur is brown, ..."
2. Wood's Animal Kingdom: Illustrated by John George Wood (1870)
"In the Common dasyure the general colour of the fur is brown, of a very dark hue,
sometimes deepening into positive black, diversified with many spots of ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"The spot-tailed dasyure (D. macu- laius), about the size of a cat, inhabiting
Tasmania and Southern Australia, has transversely striated pads on the soles ..."
4. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1827)
"3. Spotted Marten, Phillips, Voyage to New Holland, 276. dasyure ... dasyure ta-
chete, Cuv., and Das. de White, Cuv. Icon. White, Jour. Shaw, Gen. Zool. ..."
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