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Quoil vs Quoll - What's the difference?

quoil | quoll |

As nouns the difference between quoil and quoll

is that quoil is archaic form of lang=en while quoll is any of the various carnivorous marsupials of the genus Dasyurus found in Australia and New Guinea, roughly the size of a cat.

quoil

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • * 1763 , A new and complete dictionary of arts and sciences: Volume 1 (page 823)
  • * 1945 , Frank Fraser Darling, Crofting agriculture: its practice in the West Highlands and islands
  • The sooner the grass can be got into quoils the better, for not only does the quoil stage give temporary protection but hay makes a good deal in quoil.

    quoll

    English

    (wikipedia quoll)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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 [http://gutenberg.net.au/plusfifty.html#banks]
  • 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.

    Synonyms

    * native cat

    See also

    * bilby ----