Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to Tasmania, or Van Diemen's Land, an island and colony belonging to Great Britain, situated south of Australia; indigenous to Tasmania.
- noun An inhabitant of Tasmania.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to Tasmania, or Van Diemen's Land.
- adjective (Bot.) See the Note under
Eucalyptus . - adjective (Zoöl.) See under
Devil . - adjective (Zoöl.) a savage carnivorous marsupial; -- called also
zebra wolf . See Zebra wolf, underWolf .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or relating to
Tasmania . - noun An inhabitant or a resident of the state of
Tasmania .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to Tasmania
Etymologies
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Examples
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In Van Diemen's Land, where he met Sophia Cracroft, she told him of the locals 'tales of natives who could turn into a monstrous creature there they called the Tasmanian devil — a creature capable of tearing a man limb from limb.
The Terror Simmons, Dan 2007
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Thylacines were also known as Tasmanian wolves or Tasmanian tigers based on their somewhat canine appearance (in the case of the former name) and for their striped hides (in the case of the latter one).
David Mizejewski: Bizarre Animal Persecuted to Extinction on False Assumption David Mizejewski 2011
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Thylacines were also known as Tasmanian wolves or Tasmanian tigers based on their somewhat canine appearance (in the case of the former name) and for their striped hides (in the case of the latter one).
David Mizejewski: Bizarre Animal Persecuted to Extinction on False Assumption David Mizejewski 2011
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Thylacines were also known as Tasmanian wolves or Tasmanian tigers based on their somewhat canine appearance (in the case of the former name) and for their striped hides (in the case of the latter one).
David Mizejewski: Bizarre Animal Persecuted to Extinction on False Assumption David Mizejewski 2011
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The recently extinct marsupial thylacine Thylacinus cynocephalus, also known as the Tasmanian Tiger, was the largest living mammalian carnivore in Australia.
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This week I'll be looking at an Australian plant, Tasmannia lanceolata otherwise known as Tasmanian Mountain Pepper Berry.
Archive 2008-01-01 Haalo 2008
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This week I'll be looking at an Australian plant, Tasmannia lanceolata otherwise known as Tasmanian Mountain Pepper Berry.
Weekend Herb Blogging #114 Haalo 2008
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She told me she had called the Tasmanian government tourist office and they hummed and hawed and didn't know whether fresh herbs were among the items not allowed into the island State.
Archive 2005-11-01 2005
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She told me she had called the Tasmanian government tourist office and they hummed and hawed and didn't know whether fresh herbs were among the items not allowed into the island State.
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Halfway to my parents house, the cute babbling turned into what can only be described as the Tasmanian Devil, as he began to scream and cry at the top of his lungs.
Fright Night 2005
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