Hypertext Webster Gateway: "opossum"
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) 1.7 (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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