Dăs'y-ūre, n.

n. [Fr. dasyure, N. Lat. dasyurus, from Gr. δασύς, thick, shaggy, and οὐρά, tail.] (Zoöl.) A marsupial carnivorous quadruped, native to Australia, belonging to the genus Dasyurus, and having feet like those of the dog, and a hairy tail. Baird.