quoll
English
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Etymology
[edit]From the earlier form je-quoll, from Guugu Yimidhirr dhigul. Recorded by Banks[1] but then virtually forgotten for 150 years, with the term native cat used instead. Today readopted and gaining in popularity.[2]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkwɒl/, /ˈkwəʊl/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (US) IPA(key): /ˈkwɒl/, /ˈkwoʊl/
- Rhymes: -ɒl
Noun
[edit]quoll (plural quolls)
- Any of the various carnivorous marsupials of the genus Dasyurus found in Australia and New Guinea, roughly the size of a cat.
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- bronze quoll (Dasyurus spartacus)
- eastern quoll (Dasyurus viverrinus)
- New Guinea quoll (Dasyurus albopunctatus)
- northern quoll (Dasyurus hallucatus)
- spot-tailed quoll, spotted-tailed quoll (Dasyurus maculatus)
- tiger quoll (Dasyurus maculatus)
- western quoll (Dasyurus geoffroii)
Translations
[edit]carnivorous marsupial of the genus Dasyurus
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Joseph Banks, The Endeavour Journal of Sir Joseph Banks, extended description following entry for 26 August 1770: Another was calld by the natives Je-Quoll: it is about the size and something like a polecat, of a light brown spotted with white on the back and white under the belly.
- ^ R. M. W. Dixon, Australian Aboriginal Words, Oxford University Press, 1990, →ISBN, page 79-80 and 221-2.
German
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Verb
[edit]quoll
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- English 1-syllable words
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- Rhymes:English/ɒl
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- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Dasyuromorphs
- German terms with audio pronunciation
- German non-lemma forms
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