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opossum


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Opossum  \O*pos"sum\,  n.  [Of  N.  American  Indian  origin.] 
  (Zo["o]l.) 
  Any  American  marsupial  of  the  genera  {Didelphys}  and 
  {Chironectes}.  The  common  species  of  the  United  States  is 
  {Didelphys  Virginiana}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  opossum 
  n  1:  small  furry  Australian  arboreal  marsupials  having  long 
  usually  prehensile  tails  [syn:  {phalanger},  {possum}] 
  2:  nocturnal  arboreal  marsupial  having  a  naked  prehensile  tail 
  found  from  southern  North  America  to  northern  South 
  America  [syn:  {possum}] 




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