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."
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    awesome  blossom  possum  
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    possum