Meaning

2 senses
  1. A marsupial of several families of the order Diprotodontia, found in Australia and neighboring islands.

    Possum

    по́ссумpóssum

  2. (US)An opossum, a marsupial of the family Didelphidae of the Americas.

More definitions
  • 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

Examples

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  1. They ate possum roadkill for dinner.

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  2. There's a possum on the porch.

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  3. Leonid saw a possum in a tree.

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  4. There's a fat possum on the porch.

    deDa ist ein großes Opossum auf der Veranda.

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  5. Is that a possum?

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Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
marsupial of the order Diprotodontia:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
marsupial of the order Diprotodontia:

Forms

plural: possums
Singularpossum
Pluralpossums

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • nocturnal arboreal marsupial having a naked prehensile tail found from southern North America to northern South America:opossum
  • small furry Australian arboreal marsupials having long usually prehensile tails:phalangeropossum

Word family

20 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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