Definitions For Quoll

Noun

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

native cat

Translations

Arabic: دصيور Chinese: 袋鼬 Czech: kunovec, m, šlakol, m {{qualifier, obsolete}} Danish: {{t-needed, da}} Dutch: buidelmarter, m Finnish: pussinäätä French: dasyure, m, chat marsupial, m Gamilaraay: bagandi German: Beutelmarder, m Guugu Yimidhirr: dhigul Hebrew: {{t-needed, he}} Hindi: {{t-needed, hi}} Indonesian: gumbem Italian: dasiuro, m Japanese: 袋猫, tr=フクロネコ, fukuroneko, sc=Jpan Korean: 쿠올 Malay: kucing harimau Navajo: mósí bizaʼazis hólóní Polish: niełaz Portuguese: {{t-needed, pt}} Russian: пятнистые сумчатые куницы Spanish: {{t-needed, es}} Swedish: pungmård, c Thai: ควอล Ukrainian: {{t-needed, uk}} Vietnamese: mèo túi, cầy túi

Etymology

From the earlier form je-quoll, from {{etyl, kky, en}} dhigul. Recorded by Banks{{w, 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. but then virtually forgotten for 150 years, with the term native cat used instead. Today readopted and gaining in popularity.{{w, R. M. W. Dixon}}, Australian Aboriginal Words'', Oxford University Press, 1990, {{ISBN, 0-19-553099-3}}, page 79-80 and 221-2.