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Definition of Opossum

1. Noun. Small furry Australian arboreal marsupials having long usually prehensile tails.

2. Noun. Nocturnal arboreal marsupial having a naked prehensile tail found from southern North America to northern South America.

Definition of Opossum

1. n. Any American marsupial of the genera Didelphys and Chironectes. The common species of the United States is Didelphys Virginiana.

Definition of Opossum

1. Noun. (zoology) Any American marsupial of the genera ''Didelphys'' and ''Chironectes''. The common species of the United States is ''Didelphys virginiana''. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Opossum

1. an arboreal mammal [n -S]

Medical Definition of Opossum

1. Any American marsupial of the genera Didelphys and Chironectes. The common species of the United States is Didelphys Virginiana. Several related species are found in South America. The water opossum of Brazil (Chironectes variegatus), which has the hind feet, webbed, is provided with a marsupial pouch and with cheek pouches. It is called also yapock. Opossum mouse. Any schizopod crustacean of the genus Mysis and allied genera. See Schizopoda. Origin: Of N. American Indian origin. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Opossum

opiumlike opiums ople tree ople trees oplock oplocks opo- opobalsamum opodeldoc opodeldocs

opodidymus oporice oporices oportuzumab monatox opossum (current term) opossum encephalitis opossum rat opossum shrimp opossum wood opossums

opp. opped oppidan oppidans oppilant oppilate oppilated oppilates oppilating

Literary usage of Opossum

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

1. The Journal of Experimental Medicine by Rockefeller University, Rockefeller Institute, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1897)
"As the opossum does not seem to have been used hitherto for physiological ... It may be said that, in general, the opossum is a very favorable subject for ..."

2. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"... Calcium in Smooth Muscle from the opossum Esophagus (40681) W. ... Iowa Citv, Iowa 52242 In the distal esophagus of the opossum, the longitudinal and ..."

3. Australian Aborigines: The Languages and Customs of Several Tribes of ...by James Dawson by James Dawson (1881)
"Bit leg opossum dog mine. Give the opossum to the dog. ... Take from dog opossum. The opossum sits on a branch of the tree. ..."

4. The Aborigines of Victoria: With Notes Relating to the Habits of the Natives by Robert Brough Smyth (1878)
"I see an opossum - - - - An opossum is eating the leaves The tail of an opossum - I gave leaves to an opossum - I took the food from an opossum - The heart ..."

5. Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1833)
"On the Ova of the different Tribes of opossum and Ornithorhynchus. By Sir Everard Home, Bart. VPRS Read March 25, 1819. [Phil. Trans. 1819,^. 234. ..."

6. Natural Theology by William Paley (1826)
"In being the property of several different species, the preceding example is resembled by that which I shall next mention, which is the bag of the opossum. ..."

7. Fox Texts by William Jones (1907)
"And they will not care to eat you for food," so he was told by his father. That is as far as (the story) goes. 9. AN opossum BECOMES DISLIKED BECAUSE OF HIS ..."

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