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单词 Tantanoola tiger
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Definition of Tantanoola tiger in English:

Tantanoola tiger

nounˈtantənuːlə ˈtʌɪɡə
Australian
  • A tiger-like animal reportedly seen in the wilderness.

    perhaps the Tantanoola tiger has cousins in this area
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The Tantanoola tiger established a paradigm for all future manifestations of similar creatures, and there is still debate as to whether any element of hoax was involved.
    • Two enterprising thieves had successfully operated under the ruse that the Tantanoola tiger was still at large and was responsible for heavy losses of local flocks.
    • Donovan brought the carcass of the legendary Tantanoola tiger into the bar of the hotel.
    • While in town, drop in to see the Tantanoola tiger on display in the hotel.
    • Adam Lindsay Gordon is my poet, Father Julian Tenison-Woods my priest, and the Tantanoola tiger a mere flash of colour in the shadows thrown by trees.
    • The fabled Tantanoola tiger turned out to be an Assyrian wolf, believed to have survived a shipwreck.
    • At last I know what the distinctly lupine Tantanoola tiger looks like!
    • The farmer spotted a creature running away with a sheep in its jaws and took a shot, hitting it in its side, and the reign of the Tantanoola tiger was over.
    • Everyone has heard of the Tantanoola tiger, and I think the folk quite enjoy their "tiger."
    • The place is remembered on account of the fabulous Tantanoola tiger, which still figures in local folklore.

Origin

Late 19th century: from Tantanoola, a town in South Australia near where a Bengal tiger reportedly went missing from a circus in 1884.

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