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Definition of Family Dasyuridae
1. Noun. Dasyures; native cats; pouched mice; banded anteaters; Tasmanian devils.
Exact synonyms: Dasyuridae, Family Dasyurinae
Generic synonyms: Mammal Family
Group relationships: Marsupialia, Order Marsupialia
Member holonyms: Dasyurid, Dasyurid Marsupial, Dasyurus, Genus Dasyurus, Genus Thylacinus, Thylacinus, Genus Sarcophilus, Sarcophilus, Genus Phascogale, Phascogale, Genus Myrmecobius, Myrmecobius
Generic synonyms: Mammal Family
Group relationships: Marsupialia, Order Marsupialia
Member holonyms: Dasyurid, Dasyurid Marsupial, Dasyurus, Genus Dasyurus, Genus Thylacinus, Thylacinus, Genus Sarcophilus, Sarcophilus, Genus Phascogale, Phascogale, Genus Myrmecobius, Myrmecobius
Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Dasyuridae
Literary usage of Family Dasyuridae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"... writings of Dass were edited (3 vols., Christiania, 1873-1877) by Dr AE Eriksen.
PASTURE, a bookname for any member of the zoological family Dasyuridae. ..."
2. The Origin and Evolution of the Human Dentition by William King Gregory (1922)
"... probably of the family Dasyuridae, also gave rise to an otherwise unknown line
culminating in the highly aberrant ..."
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