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Definition of Crab-eating opossum
1. Noun. South American opossum.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crab-eating Opossum
Literary usage of Crab-eating opossum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Gardens and Menagerie of the Zoological Society Delineated: Published by Edward Turner Bennett (1830)
"IN its adult state the crab-eating opossum attains a size fully equal to the
Virginian species. Its head and muzzle are much more elongated ; and its tail ..."
2. The Illustrated Natural History by John George Wood (1865)
"The for of the crab-eating opossum is long, and though rather woolly in texture,
is larsh to the touch. From the peculiar colouring of the long hairs that ..."
3. Wood's Animal Kingdom: Illustrated by John George Wood (1870)
"The young of the crab-eating opossum are, during their days of infancy, coloured
very differently from the adult animal When first they are born, ..."
4. The Gardens and Menagerie of the Zoological Society Delineated: Published by Edward Turner Bennett (1830)
"IN its adult state the crab-eating opossum attains a size fully equal to the
Virginian species. Its head and muzzle are much more elongated ; and its tail ..."
5. The Illustrated Natural History by John George Wood (1865)
"The for of the crab-eating opossum is long, and though rather woolly in texture,
is larsh to the touch. From the peculiar colouring of the long hairs that ..."
6. Wood's Animal Kingdom: Illustrated by John George Wood (1870)
"The young of the crab-eating opossum are, during their days of infancy, coloured
very differently from the adult animal When first they are born, ..."