possum
About 0.47 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun A marsupial of the family Didelphidae of the Americas; an opossum.
- noun A marsupial of several families of the order Diprotodontia, found in Australia and neighboring islands.
- verb To play possum; to feign sleep, illness, or death.
Similar words
opossum phalanger ringtail trot unc opposum common possum manicou didelphid didelphimorph
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Word family
possums
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