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Definition of Didelphis

1. Noun. Type genus of the family Didelphidae.

Medical Definition of Didelphis

1. A genus of marsupials, commonly called opossums, that serve as reservoir hosts of Trypanosoma cruzi. Didelphis marsupialis is the common North American variety; Didelphis paraguayensis is a South American form. Origin: G. Di-, two, + delphys, womb (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Didelphis

Literary usage of Didelphis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1900)
"... MYRMECOPHAGA AND Didelphis. JAMES AG REHN. I. MYRMECOPHAGA. IN the tenth edition of the Systema Natures, ..."

2. Essays and Observations on Natural History, Anatomy, Physiology, Psychology by John Hunter, Richard Owen (1861)
"These bags open by small ducts just at the verge of the anus, where tho rectum terminates in the skin. AN OPOSSUM [Didelphis Hunteri, ..."

3. The Edinburgh Philosophical Journal by David Brewster, Royal Society of Edinburgh, Robert Jameson, Wernerian Natural History Society (1826)
"... and Didelphis or Opossum at Stonesfield. A. HE bones of the Megalosaurus occur at Stonesfield, in strata of an oolitic limestone-slate, which is wrought ..."

4. The Annals of Philosophy by Richard Phillips, E W Brayley (1826)
"Fossil Megalosaurus and Didelphis. " The bones ofthe Megalosaurus occur at Stonesfield, in strata of an oolitic limestone slate, ..."

5. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London by Linnean Society of London (1808)
"Description of two new Species of Didelphis from Van Diemen's Land. By GP Harris, Esq. Communicated by the Right Honourable Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. KB Pres. ..."

6. Essay on the Theory of the Earth by Georges Cuvier, Robert Jameson (1817)
"... hitherto found in any other quarter of the globe besides America, the only country which affords sloths and ant-eaters. ORDER.—MARSUPI ALIA. Didelphis. ..."

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