Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of party-colored malaconotine shrikes peculiar to Africa. L. barbarus and L. cruentus are typical species.
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The Tasmanian Devil Sarcophilus laniarius is a carnivorous marsupial found exclusively on the island of Tasmania, and is the largest carnivorous marsupial in the world.
Archive 2005-06-19 Randy Smith 2005
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Dasyurus laniarius, or of some extinct marsupial carnivore of an allied but distinct species.
Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2 Thomas Mitchell 1823
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FIGURES 3, 4, 5, 6, AND 7: FOSSIL REMAINS OF THE Dasyurus laniarius.
Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2 Thomas Mitchell 1823
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Sarcophilus laniarius) are far more adorable looking than the Looney Tunes character Taz, as proven by the pictures of Tasmanian Devils above.
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