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possum


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Possum  \Pos"sum\,  n.  [Shortened  from  opossum.]  (Zo["o]l.) 
  An  opossum.  [Colloq.  U.  S.] 
 
  {To  play  possum},  {To  act  possum},  to  feign  ignorance, 
  indifference  or  inattention,  with  the  intent  to  deceive; 
  to  dissemble;  --  in  allusion  to  the  habit  of  the  opossum, 
  which  feigns  death  when  attacked  or  alarmed. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  possum 
  n  1:  nocturnal  arboreal  marsupial  having  a  naked  prehensile  tail 
  found  from  southern  North  America  to  northern  South 
  America  [syn:  {opossum}] 
  2:  small  furry  Australian  arboreal  marsupials  having  long 
  usually  prehensile  tails  [syn:  {phalanger},  {opossum}] 




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