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Possum

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Noun

1. opossum, possum

nocturnal arboreal marsupial having a naked prehensile tail found from southern North America to northern South America

2. opossum, phalanger, possum

small furry Australian arboreal marsupials having long usually prehensile tails

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Possum

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noun
1.  an informal name for opossum (sense 1)
2. Also called: phalanger Australian and New Zealand
any of various Australasian arboreal marsupials, such as Trichosurus vulpecula (brush-tailed phalanger), having dense fur and a long tail: family Phalangeridae
3.  play possum

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Possum

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noun
Informal
opossum

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Possum

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n.
1. Chiefly Southern US An opossum. See Note at tater.
2. Any of several nocturnal arboreal marsupials of the suborder Phalangeriformes, native to Australia and adjacent islands and introduced elsewhere.

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