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Webster 1913 Edition


Quoll

Quoll

(kwŏl)
,
Noun.
(Zool.)
A marsupial of
Australia
(
Dasyurus macrurus
), about the size of a cat.

Webster 1828 Edition


Quoll

QUOLL

,
Noun.
An animal of New Holland, resembling the polecat.

Definition 2024


quoll

quoll

English

a tiger quoll

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.
    • 1770, Joseph Banks, The Endeavour Journal of Sir 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.

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quoll

  1. First-person singular preterite of quellen.
  2. Third-person singular preterite of quellen.