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.
Phrases and idioms:
Tasmanian devil a bearlike nocturnal flesh-eating marsupial, Sarcophilus harrisii, now found only in Tasmania.
Etymology: Tasmania f. A. J. Tasman, Du. navigator d. 1659, who discovered the island