"Possum" is a word in ENGLISH

Formerly, any marsupial; but the term is now restricted to an American genus which includes the opossums, of which there …

A group of marsupials which are partly insectivorous, as the opossum.

A species of small opossum (Didelphus murina) ranging from Mexico to Brazil.

A subclass of Mammalia, including nearly all the mammals of Australia and the adjacent islands, together with the opossums of …

A genus of small schizopod shrimps found both in fresh and salt water; the opossum shrimps. One species inhabits the …

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

A division of marsupials, including the opossums.

A pedimanous marsupial; an opossum.

Having feet resembling hands, or with the first toe opposable, as the opossums and monkeys.

A South American opossum (Didelphys philander).

A small South American opossum (Didelphys quica), native of Guiana and Brazil. It feeds upon insects, small birds, and fruit.

A suborder of carnivorous and insectivorous marsupials including the dasyures and the opossums.

A small South American opossum (Didelphys opossum), having four white spots on the face.

See Yapock, and the Note under Opossum.

A South American aquatic opossum (Chironectes variegatus) found in Guiana and Brazil. Its hind feet are webbed, and its fore …