Opossum

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  • noun. Any of various nocturnal, usually arboreal marsupials of the family Didelphidae of the Americas, especially Didelphis virginiana of North and Central America, having a thick coat, a long snout, and a long prehensile tail.
  • noun. A possum of Australia and adjacent islands.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. An American marsupial mammal of the family Didelphyidæ (which see for technical characters).
  • noun. A name of sundry other marsupials: as, the ursine opossum (that is, the ursine dasyure); the vulpine opossum (the vulpine phalangist).
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Any American marsupial of the genera Didelphys and Chironectes; called also possum. The common species of the United States is Didelphys Virginiana.
  • noun. See Flying mouse, under Flying.
  • noun. any schizopod crustacean of the genus Mysis and allied genera. See Schizopoda.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Any American marsupial of the genera Didelphys and Chironectes. The common species of the United States is Didelphys virginiana.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. nocturnal arboreal marsupial having a naked prehensile tail found from southern North America to northern South America
  • noun. small furry Australian arboreal marsupials having long usually prehensile tails
    • Word Usage
    "The penis of the male opossum is bifurcated or forked."
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    awesome  blossom  possum  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    alligator  antelope  beaver  bobcat  caribou  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Angora goat  Arctic fox  Belgian hare  Caffre cat  Cape polecat  
    variant
    possum  
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