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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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