thylacine

noun

thy·​la·​cine ˈthī-lə-ˌsīn How to pronounce thylacine (audio)

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The genetic material will then be transferred to a dunnart embryo and the first thylacine can be brought back to life. Scott Travers, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024 The resulting animal will be a close approximation of a thylacine—or, in the company’s other de-extinction projects, a modern woolly mammoth or dodo. Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Oct. 2024 This relentless persecution, coupled with habitat destruction and disease, rapidly drove thylacine numbers to dangerously low levels. Scott Travers, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2024 The thylacine has acquired a Bigfoot-like status, complete with amateur hunters and highly questionable sightings. Daniel Shailer, Scientific American, 17 Jan. 2024 See all Example Sentences for thylacine 

Word History

Etymology

New Latin Thylacinus, genus of marsupials, from Greek thylakos sack, pouch

First Known Use

1838, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of thylacine was in 1838

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“Thylacine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thylacine. Accessed 6 Dec. 2024.

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