Usage of "opossums" | TermGallery

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опоссумовые

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didelphidae

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opòssum

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didelphidae

Family of mammals.

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Examples for "possum"

Those are no possum's eyes, I know their glassy reflection too well. 
 The Hunger Games 

At least it looks that way to a 'possum up a tree. 
 The Hunters of the Hills 

I took another shot to make sure they were not playing 'possum. 
 An Autobiography of Buffalo Bill (Colonel W. F. Cody) 

For some time nothing could be seen of either lynx or 'possum. 
 The Boy Hunters 

Brownbear dragging something dead, a possum or raccoon, up the front steps. 
 The passage 

Though cunning in many ways, the opossum is singularly simple in others. 
 Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Makin... 

For warmth in winter they would wrap themselves in their opossum-skin rugs. 
 The Euahlayi Tribe: A Study of Aboriginal Life in Australia 

However, acuity in the short-tailed opossum is lower than in other marsupials. 
 Pubmed 

Later in the evening, an opossum was shot by one of us. 
 A Lady's Visit to the Gold Diggings of Australia in 1852-53 

Mona-netcap to confine the hair of young men of opossum fur. 
 Journals of Expeditions of Discovery into Central Australia and ... 

But Possum was intent on working his way down into the ravine. 
 Too close to home 

Possum lurched forward into a ready crouch, weapons slipping into his palms. 
 Return of the Crimson Guard 

His self published book is called Rabbits and Possums in New Zealand. 
 Radio NZ 

And still Possum had managed to stay on task and find Tina. 
 Too close to home 

The two closed and Possum met Dassem with daggers in either hand. 
 Night of Knives 

Ús de opossums en anglès

The natives were busy on the hills, cutting out opossums and honey. 
 Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia / From Moreton Ba... 

I had always associated opossums with good country; however, here they were. 
 Spinifex and Sand / A Narrative of Five Years' Pioneering and Ex... 

Among the latter were opossums and mice that were new to them. 
 Through the Brazilian Wilderness 

One kind of these rat-like opossums is aquatic, and has webbed feet. 
 The Naturalist on the River Amazons 

They've evolved in American opossums, water beetles, millipedes, firebrats, and some seafaring snails. 
 Dr Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation 

A community of opossums and the strong, seasonal Santa Ana winds plague them. 
 The new yorker 

There were cunning baby coons and opossums peeping from hollow logs and trees. 
 Freckles 

And even opossums-yes ,somepeople eat them-turnout to be excellent maze runners. 
 Wired 

While he was away she could feed sumptuously on grubs, crabs, and opossums. 
 The Book of the Bush / Containing Many Truthful Sketches of the ... 

To-day she brought opossums, piggiebillahs, honey yams, quatha, and many things. 
 Australian Legendary Tales: folk-lore of the Noongahburrahs as t... 

Flying squirrels are procured in the same way as opossums. 
 Journals of Expeditions of Discovery into Central Australia and ... 

He came in with two opossums hanging at his belt, which he had killed. 
 The Adventures of the Chevalier De La Salle and His Companions, ... 

And for delicious food, there were swamp rabbits and opossums. 
 The Life of Me: An Autobiography 

All of the slaves hunted or those who wanted, hunted rabbits, opossums or fished. 
 Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States... 

Miller trapped several species of opossums, mice and rats which were new to him. 
 Through the Brazilian Wilderness 

We shot five ducks and got three opossums this afternoon, besides doing some shoeing. 
 Explorations in Australia / 1.-Explorations in search of Dr. Lei... 