quoll

English

a tiger quoll

Etymology

From the earlier form je-quoll, from Guugu Yimidhirr dhigul. Recorded by Banks but then virtually forgotten for 150 years, with the term native cat used instead. Today readopted and gaining in popularity.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkwɒl/, /ˈkwəʊl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkwɒl/, /ˈkwoʊl/
• Rhymes: -ɒl

Noun

quoll (plural quolls)

1. Any of the various carnivorous marsupials of the genus Dasyurus found in Australia and New Guinea, roughly the size of a cat.

Synonyms

• native cat

Derived terms

• 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

carnivorous marsupial of the genus Dasyurus

• Arabic: دصيور
• Catalan: gat marsupial m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 袋鼬 (dàiyòu)

• Czech: kunovec m, šlakol m (obsolete)
• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: buidelmarter (nl) m
• Finnish: pussinäätä
• French: dasyure (fr) m, chat marsupial (fr) m
• Gamilaraay: bagandi
• German: Beutelmarder m
• Guugu Yimidhirr: dhigul
• Hebrew: נמיית הכיס f (nemiyát hakís)
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: erszényesnyest
• Indonesian: gumbem
• Italian: dasiuro m
• Japanese: 袋猫 (ja) (フクロネコ, fukuroneko)
• Korean: 쿠올 (kuol)
• Malay: kucing harimau
• Navajo: mósí bizaʼazis hólóní
• Polish: niełaz m
• Portuguese: gato-marsupial m, quoll
• Russian: пятнистые сумчатые куницы (pjatnistyje sumčatyje kunicy)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Latin: kvol m, tobločarska mačka f

• Spanish: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: pungmård c
• Thai: ควอล (kwɔɔl)
• Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: mèo túi, cầy túi

See also

• bilby

German

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Verb

quoll

1. first/third-person singular preterite of quellen