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opossum
[ uh-pos-uhm, pos-uhm ]
noun
- a prehensile-tailed marsupial, Didelphis virginiana, of the eastern U.S., the female having an abdominal pouch in which its young are carried: noted for the habit of feigning death when in danger.
- any of various animals of related genera.
opossum
/ əˈ±èÉ’²õÉ™³¾ /
noun
- any thick-furred marsupial, esp Didelphis marsupialis ( common opossum ), of the family Didelphidae of S North, Central, and South America, having an elongated snout and a hairless prehensile tail Sometimes (informal) shortened topossum
- Also called (Austral and NZ)possum any of various similar animals, esp the phalanger, Trichosurus vulpecula, of the New Zealand bush
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of opossum1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of opossum1
Example Sentences
The noises were no stray opossum or raccoon but a man — reportedly naked and, authorities said, living in the crawl space underneath the woman’s home.
Officials said one pair had items that would aid them in carrying out thefts — as well as, strangely, wild opossums.
A beaver’s tail creates a rhythm on the deck and an opossum has a bass fashioned out of a gourd.
Today, there are only three survivors: the nine-banded armadillo, the Virginia opossum and the North American porcupine.
“I would vote for a roadkill opossum if that was a choice over those three,†Mr. Wirebach said of Mr. Biden, Mr. Trump and the independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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