Defenition of the word possum

• Defenition of the word possum

  • Small to medium-sized arboreal marsupial species native to Australia, New Guinea, and Sulawesi.
  • 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 possum

• • opossum
  • phalanger

Meronymys for the word possum

• • Didelphidae
  • family Didelphidae
  • family Phalangeridae
  • Phalangeridae

Hyponyms for the word possum

• • 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 possum

• • marsupial
  • pouched mammal

Proverbs and sayings for the word possum

• • possunt, quia posse videntur
  • omnes, quantum potes, juva

Idioms for the word possum

• • fieri potest ut
  • quantum potest
  • qui potest
  • omnia posse
  • si posset
  • ut potest

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