Defenition of the word opossum

• Defenition of the word opossum

  • A mammal being a member of the family Didelphidae.
  • nocturnal arboreal marsupial having a naked prehensile tail found from southern North America to northern South America
  • small furry Australian arboreal marsupials having long usually prehensile tails

Synonyms for the word opossum

• • phalanger
  • possum

Meronymys for the word opossum

• • Didelphidae
  • family Didelphidae
  • family Phalangeridae
  • Phalangeridae

Hyponyms for the word opossum

• • brush-tailed phalanger
  • common opossum
  • crab-eating opossum
  • cuscus
  • Didelphis marsupialis
  • Didelphis virginiana
  • flying opossum
  • flying phalanger
  • flying squirrel
  • kangaroo bear
  • koala
  • koala bear
  • native bear
  • Phascolarctos cinereus
  • Trichosurus vulpecula

Hypernyms for the word opossum

• • mammal
  • marsupial
  • pouched mammal

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