Thylacinus

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek θύλακος (thúlakos, “sack, bag of a marsupial”) +‎ Latin -inus (“adjectival/relational suffix”).

Proper noun

†Thylacinus m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Thylacinidae – only extinct species, including Thylacinus cynocephalus (thylacine).

Descendants

  • → English: thylacine (learned)
  • → Greek: θυλακίνος (thylakínos)

See also

References

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.