Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An animal of the genus Sarcophilus; hence, some or any sarcophilous animal.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A flesh-eating animal, especially any one of the carnivorous marsupials.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun zoology A
carnivorous animal , especially amarsupial .
Etymologies
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sarco- + Ancient Greek a lover.
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