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nounnocturnal arboreal marsupial having a naked prehensile tail found from southern North America to northern South America
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nounsmall furry Australian arboreal marsupials having long usually prehensile tailstype of:
Definition that contains possum
- crab-eating opossum South American opossum
- family didelphidae opossums
- didelphidae opossums
- mysidacea opossum shrimp
- didelphis marsupialis omnivorous opossum of the eastern United States; noted for feigning death when in danger; esteemed as food in some areas; considered same species as the crab-eating opossum of South America
- order mysidacea opossum shrimp
- common opossum omnivorous opossum of the eastern United States; noted for feigning death when in danger; esteemed as food in some areas; considered same species as the crab-eating opossum of South America
- didelphis virginiana omnivorous opossum of the eastern United States; noted for feigning death when in danger; esteemed as food in some areas; considered same species as the crab-eating opossum of South America