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opossum

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
opossum /əˈpɒs(ə)m/

▶noun

1 an American marsupial which has a naked prehensile tail and hind feet with an opposable thumb. [Family Didelphidae: numerous species.]

2 Austral./NZ a possum.

– origin C17: from Virginia Algonquian opassom, from op ‘white’ + assom ‘dog’.

'opossum' also found in these Oxford entries:

opossum shrimp - possum - water opossum - yapok

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