Dictionary entry

Tasmanian

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Tas‐ma″ni‐an (?), a. Of or pertaining to Tasmania, or Van Diemen's Land. — n. A native or inhabitant of Tasmania; specifically (Ethnol.), in the plural, the race of men that formerly inhabited Tasmania, but is now extinct.

Tasmanain cider tree. (Bot.) See the Note under Eucalyptus. — Tasmanain devil. (Zoöl.) See under Devil. — Tasmanain wolf(Zoöl.), a savage carnivorous marsupial; — called also zebra wolf. See Zebra wolf, under Wolf.