Word

dasyurid, n.
(dasyurids)

small carnivorous nocturnal marsupials of Australia and Tasmania
<noun.animal>

dasyurid dasyurid marsupial

semantic pointers

hypernym

marsupial, pouched mammal

member holonym

Dasyuridae, family Dasyuridae, family Dasyurinae

hyponym

dasyure thylacine, Tasmanian wolf, Tasmanian tiger, Thylacinus cynocephalus Tasmanian devil, ursine dasyure, Sarcophilus hariisi pouched mouse, marsupial mouse, marsupial rat numbat, banded anteater, anteater, Myrmecobius fasciatus