opossum

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[edit] English

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

[edit] Etymology

From Powhatan opassum (white animal); compare Ojibwe waabasim (white dog).

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  • (UK) IPA: /əˈpɒsəm/, SAMPA: /@"pQs@m/
  • (US) enPR: ə-päsʹəm, IPA: /əˈpɑsəm/, SAMPA: /@"pAs@m/
  • Hyphenation: o‧pos‧sum

[edit] Noun

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Wikipedia opossum (plural opossums)

  1. (zoology) Any American marsupial of the genera Didelphys and Chironectes. The common species of the United States is Didelphys virginiana.

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[edit] Noun

opossum ? (plural opossums, diminutive opossumpje)

  1. opossum
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