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Opossum

//əˈpɑsəm// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any American marsupial of the family Didelphidae in the order Didelphimorphia.
  2. 2
    nocturnal arboreal marsupial having a naked prehensile tail found from southern North America to northern South America wordnet
  3. 3
    small furry Australian arboreal marsupials having long usually prehensile tails wordnet

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Algonquian *wa·p- Proto-Algonquian *aθemwa Proto-Algonquian *wa·p-aʔθemwa Powhatan aposoumbor. English opossum From Powhatan aposoum (“white animal”), from Proto-Algonquian *wa·p-aʔθemwa (“white dog”); compare Ojibwe waabasim (“white dog”).

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