OPOSSUM
\əpˈɒsəm], \əpˈɒsəm], \ə_p_ˈɒ_s_ə_m]\
Definitions of OPOSSUM
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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Any American marsupial of the genera Didelphys and Chironectes. The common species of the United States is Didelphys Virginiana.
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Any American marsupial of the genera Didelphys and Chironectes. The common species of the United States is Didelphys Virginiana.
By Noah Webster.
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Marsupials of the family Didelphidae. Opossums are common, omnivorous, largely nocturnal and arboreal mammals, grow to about three feet in length, including the scaly prehensile tail, have coarse grayish fur mingled with whitish hairs, and have an abdominal pouch in which the young are carried at birth. (Webster, 3d ed)
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An American quadruped with a prehensile tail, the female having a pouch in which she carries her young.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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