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 Definitions of opossum  [əˈpɒs əm, ˈpɒs əm]  

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Definition of 'opossum' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) opossum
a prehensile-tailed marsupial, Didelphis virginiana, of the eastern U.S.: noted for feigning death when in danger.

2.  opossum
any marsupial of the New World family Didelphidae.

Etymology:  (1610, Amer.; < Virginia Algonquian (E sp.) opassom, opussum, aposoum)

Definition of 'opossum' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) phalanger, opossum, possum
small furry Australian arboreal marsupials having long usually prehensile tails

2. (noun) opossum, possum
nocturnal arboreal marsupial having a naked prehensile tail found from southern North America to northern South America
Definition of 'opossum' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) opossum
a North American and Australian marsupial
Translation of 'opossum' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: (alsopossum) a furry animal with a long tail and a pouch for carrying its young which lives in trees; it is found especially in Australia, New Zealand and America.
Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: buidelrot, opossum Arabic flag Arabic: أبوسوم: حَيَوان أمْريكي ي Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: опосум
Brazilian flag Brazilian: marsupial Czech flag Czech: vačice German flag German: das Opossum
Danish flag Danish: pungrotte; opossum Greek flag Greek: οπόσουμ (μικρόσωμο μαρσιπ Spanish flag Spanish: zarigüeya
Estonian flag Estonian: opossum Farsi flag Farsi: صاریغ Finnish flag Finnish: opossumi
French flag French: opossum Hebrew flag Hebrew: אוֹפּוֹסוּם Hindi flag Hindi: ओपोसम
Croatian flag Croatian: oposum Hungarian flag Hungarian: oposszum Indonesian flag Indonesian: sejenis hewan berkantung
Italian flag Italian: opossum Japanese flag Japanese: オッポサム（有袋動物） Korean flag Korean: 주머니쥐
Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: oposumas, sterblinė žiurk Latvian flag Latvian: oposums Malay flag Malay: oposum
Dutch flag Dutch: opossum, buidelrat Norwegian flag Norwegian: pungape; pungrotte Polish flag Polish: opos
Persian flag Persian: نوع حيوان، صاریغ Pashto flag Pashto: يو ډول حيوان Russian flag Russian: опоссум
Slovak flag Slovak: vačica Slovenian flag Slovenian: oposum Serbian flag Serbian: oposum
Swedish flag Swedish: opossum, pungråtta Thai flag Thai: สัตว์คล้ายหนูมีกระเป๋าหน้ Turkish flag Turkish: keseli sıçan
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 負鼠 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: опосум Urdu flag Urdu: ايک قسم کا جانور
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: thú có túi ôpốt Chinese flag Chinese: 负鼠（尾有卷握力的小有袋动物）

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