A small carnivorous marsupial from Australia with a pointed snout, or a tool and person that does dibbling.
The animal name comes from the verb dibble (to dip repeatedly), named for its hunting behavior. The tool sense comes from one who dibbles.
The dibbler marsupial nearly went extinct before conservation efforts saved it—fewer than 1,000 remained by the 1990s, making it one of Australia's rarest mammals, with a name that sounds almost whimsical given its critical status.
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