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opossum

/əˈpɑsəm/

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What does opossum mean?

noun

  1. Any American marsupial of the family Didelphidae in the order Didelphimorphia.

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/əˈpɑsəm/

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Round her arms she bound goomils--opossum hair armlets--into which she placed more sprays of flowers, matching those in the girl's hair.
K. Langloh (Katie Langloh) ParkerThe Euahlayi Tribe: A Study of Aboriginal Life in AustraliaProject Gutenberg ebook #3819
The celebrated American carrier, the Opossum, who emancipates her offspring after a few weeks' carting, cuts a poor figure beside the Lycosa.
Jean-Henri FabreThe Life of the SpiderTranslated by Alexander Teixeira de MattosProject Gutenberg ebook #1887
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The next morning one of the brothers brought me a beautiful opossum, which had been caught in the fowl-house a little before sunrise.
Henry Walter BatesThe Naturalist on the River AmazonsProject Gutenberg ebook #2440
Some few species alone have passed the barrier, and may be considered as wanderers from the south, such as the puma, opossum, kinkajou, and peccari.
Charles DarwinThe Voyage of the BeagleProject Gutenberg ebook #944
The tail of an opossum is a prehensile thing, but it is too far from his eyes; the elephant’s trunk is better, and it is probably to their trunks that the elephants owe their sagacity.
Samuel ButlerCanterbury PiecesProject Gutenberg ebook #3279