TASMANIAN

n. & adj. --n. 1 a native of Tasmania, an island State of Australia. 2 a person of Tasmanian descent. --adj. of or relating to Tasmania. øTasmanian devil a bearlike nocturnal flesh-eating marsupial, Sarcophilus harrisii, now found only in Tasmania. [Tasmania f. A. J. Tasman, Du. navigator d. 1659, who discovered the island]