zebra-wolfhttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zebra-wolf_n%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezebra wolf, n.
Revised 2018

zebra wolfnoun

Now historical.
  1. 1808–
    The thylacine or Tasmanian wolf, Thylacinus cynocephalus; cf. zebra opossum n.
    1. 1808
      It is vulgarly called the Zebra Opossum, Zebra Wolf, &c.
      Transactions Linnean Society vol. 9 175
    2. 1939
      The Tasmanian wolf, or pouched dog, is sometimes called the zebra wolf.
      Helena (Montana) Independent 13 August 12/6
    3. 2014
      Tasmanian tiger, zebra-wolf, how might you be summoned now your memory's thin and rare?
      L. Jacobson, South in World 41

Originally published as part of the entry for zebra, n.

zebra, n. was revised in June 2018.