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opossum
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun opossum has 2 senses
- opossum(n = noun.animal) phalanger, possum - small furry Australian arboreal marsupials having long usually prehensile tails; Array is a kind of marsupial, pouched mammal
- opossum(n = noun.animal) possum - nocturnal arboreal marsupial having a naked prehensile tail found from southern North America to northern South America; Array is a kind of marsupial, pouched mammal
is a member of family phalangeridae, phalangeridae
has particulars: cuscus, brush-tailed phalanger, trichosurus vulpecula, flying opossum, flying phalanger, flying squirrel, kangaroo bear, koala, koala bear, native bear, phascolarctos cinereus
is a member of didelphidae, family didelphidae
has particulars: common opossum, didelphis marsupialis, didelphis virginiana, crab-eating opossum
CIDE DICTIONARY
opossum, n. [Of N. American Indian origin.].
Any American marsupial of the genera Didelphys and Chironectes ; called also possum . The common species of the United States is Didelphys Virginiana . [1913 Webster]
" Several related species are found in South America. The water opossum of Brazil (Chironectes variegatus ), which has the hind feet, webbed, is provided with a marsupial pouch and with cheek pouches. It is called also yapock ."
[1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
opossum, n.
1 a any mainly tree-living marsupial of the family Didelphidae, native to America, having a prehensile tail and hind feet with an opposable thumb. b (in full water opossum) an opossum, Chironectes minimus, suited to an aquatic habitat and having webbed hind feet. Also called YAPOK.
2 Austral. & NZ = POSSUM 2.
1 a any mainly tree-living marsupial of the family Didelphidae, native to America, having a prehensile tail and hind feet with an opposable thumb. b (in full water opossum) an opossum, Chironectes minimus, suited to an aquatic habitat and having webbed hind feet. Also called YAPOK.
2 Austral. & NZ = POSSUM 2.
Etymology
Virginian Ind. apassum
THESAURUS
opossum
Angora goat, Arctic fox, Belgian hare, Caffre cat, Cape polecat, Indian buffalo, Kodiak bear, Virginia deer, aardvark, aardwolf, alpaca, anteater, antelope, antelope chipmunk, aoudad, apar, ape, armadillo, ass, aurochs, badger, bandicoot, bar, bassarisk, bat, bear, beaver, bettong, binturong, bison, black bear, black buck, black cat, black fox, black sheep, blue fox, bobcat, brown bear, brush deer, brush wolf, buffalo, buffalo wolf, burro, burro deer, cachalot, camel, camelopard, capybara, carabao, caribou, carpincho, cat, cat-a-mountain, catamount, cattalo, cavy, chamois, cheetah, chevrotain, chimp, chimpanzee, chinchilla, chipmunk, cinnamon bear, coon, coon cat, cotton mouse, cotton rat, cougar, cow, coyote, coypu, deer, deer tiger, dingo, dog, donkey, dormouse, dromedary, echidna, eland, elephant, elk, ermine, eyra, fallow deer, ferret, field mouse, fisher, fitch, flying phalanger, foumart, fox, fox squirrel, gazelle, gemsbok, genet, giraffe, glutton, gnu, gnu goat, goat, goat antelope, gopher, grizzly bear, ground squirrel, groundhog, guanaco, guinea pig, hamster, hare, harnessed antelope, hartebeest, hedgehog, hippopotamus, hog, horse, hyena, hyrax, ibex, jackal, jackass, jackrabbit, jaguar, jaguarundi, jerboa, jerboa kangaroo, kaama, kangaroo, kangaroo mouse, kangaroo rat, karakul, kinkajou, kit fox, koala, lapin, lemming, leopard, leopard cat, lion, llama, lynx, mammoth, mara, marmot, marten, mastodon, meerkat, mink, mole, mongoose, monk, monkey, moose, mouflon, mountain goat, mountain lion, mountain sheep, mouse, mousehound, mule, mule deer, muntjac, musk deer, musk hog, musk-ox, muskrat, musquash, nilgai, nutria, ocelot, okapi, onager, oont, otter, ounce, ox, pack rat, painter, panda, pangolin, panther, peccary, peludo, phalanger, pig, pine mouse, platypus, pocket gopher, pocket mouse, pocket rat, polar bear, polar fox, polecat, porcupine, possum, pouched rat, poyou, prairie dog, prairie wolf, pronghorn, puma, quill pig, rabbit, raccoon, rat, red deer, red squirrel, reindeer, rhinoceros, roe, roe deer, roebuck, sable, serval, sheep, shrew, shrew mole, sika, silver fox, skunk, sloth, snowshoe rabbit, springbok, squirrel, stoat, suslik, swamp rabbit, swine, takin, tamandua, tamarin, tapir, tarpan, tatou, tatou peba, tatouay, tiger, tiger cat, timber wolf, tree shrew, urus, vole, wallaby, warthog, water buffalo, waterbuck, weasel, wharf rat, whistle-pig, whistler, white fox, wild ass, wild boar, wild goat, wild ox, wildcat, wildebeest, wolf, wolverine, wombat, wood rat, woodchuck, woolly mammoth, yak, zebra, zebu, zoril
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