See Also: Tasmanian(medicine)
Tasmanian(dictionary)
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Tasmanian (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
Tasmanian devil(encyclopedia)
Tasmanian wolf(encyclopedia)
Tasmanian Wilderness(tourism)
TASMANIAN PERPETUAL Trustees Limited(finance)

Tasmanian (iou)



Tasmanian adjective & noun. E19.
[from Tasmania (see below), from Abel Janszoon Tasman (1603-59), Dutch explorer and discoverer of the island: see -IAN.]
A. adjective. Of or pertaining to Tasmania, a State of the Commonwealth of Australia consisting of one large and several smaller islands SE of the continent, or its inhabitants. E19.
Tasmanian cedar any of several Tasmanian coniferous trees constituting the genus Athrotaxis, allied to the cryptomerias. Tasmanian devil = DEVIL noun 5(c). Tasmanian tiger, Tasmanian wolf = THYLACINE.
b. noun. A native or inhabitant of Tasmania; formerly spec., a member of the now extinct aboriginal people of Tasmania. M19.