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 Definitions of possum  [ˈpɒs əm]  

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

1. (n.) possum
any of many marsupials of the families Phalangeridae, Petauridae, and Burramidae, of Australia and neighboring islands.

2.  possum
to feign sleep or death.

Etymology:  (1725–35)

Definition of 'possum' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) opossum, possum
nocturnal arboreal marsupial having a naked prehensile tail found from southern North America to northern South America

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


Definition of 'possum' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) possum
an opossum


Translation of 'possum' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: (American) opossum.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: buidelrot Arabic flag Arabic: تَظاهُر بالجَهْل، تَماوُت Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: опосум
Brazilian flag Brazilian: marsupial Czech flag Czech: vačice Danish flag Danish: opossum; pungrotte
Greek flag Greek: μαρσιποφόρο θηλαστικό Spanish flag Spanish: zarigüeya Estonian flag Estonian: opossum
Farsi flag Farsi: صاریغ Finnish flag Finnish: opossumi Hebrew flag Hebrew: אוֹפוֹסוּם
Hindi flag Hindi: पॉसम, एक पशु Croatian flag Croatian: oposum Hungarian flag Hungarian: oposszum
Indonesian flag Indonesian: sejenis hewan berkantung Italian flag Italian: opossum Korean flag Korean: 주머니쥐
Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: oposumas, sterblinë þiurk Latvian flag Latvian: oposums Malay flag Malay: pura-pura
Norwegian flag Norwegian: pungrotte Polish flag Polish: opos Persian flag Persian: يك نوع موش آمريكاىى خاكى
Pashto flag Pashto: يو ډول خاكى رنګه آمريكايى Russian flag Russian: опоссум Slovak flag Slovak: vačica
Slovenian flag Slovenian: oposum Serbian flag Serbian: oposum Swedish flag Swedish: opossum, pungråtta
Thai flag Thai: สัตว์เลี้ยงลูกด้วยนมมีกระ Turkish flag Turkish: keseli sıçan Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 負鼠
Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: опосум Urdu flag Urdu: ايک قسم کا دودھ پلانے وال Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: thú có túi ôpốt
Chinese flag Chinese: 负鼠

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