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Meanings of opossum in English

Portuguese
seringüê
Catalan
opòssum
Spanish
phalanger

Small furry Australian arboreal marsupials having long usually prehensile tails.

seringüê
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Examples for "possum"
Examples for "possum"
1
Those are no possum's eyes, I know their glassy reflection too well.
The Hunger Games
2
At least it looks that way to a 'possum up a tree.
The Hunters of the Hills
3
I took another shot to make sure they were not playing 'possum.
An Autobiography of Buffalo Bill (Colonel W. F. Cody)
4
For some time nothing could be seen of either lynx or 'possum.
The Boy Hunters
5
Brownbear dragging something dead, a possum or raccoon, up the front steps.
The passage
1
Several other species of phalangers inhabit these and other Asiatic islands, especially Celebes and New Ireland.
Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found: A Book of Zoology for...
Usage of opossum in English
1
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...
2
For warmth in winter they would wrap themselves in their opossum-skin rugs.
The Euahlayi Tribe: A Study of Aboriginal Life in Australia
3
However, acuity in the short-tailed opossum is lower than in other marsupials.
Pubmed
4
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
5
Mona-netcap to confine the hair of young men of opossum fur.
Journals of Expeditions of Discovery into Central Australia and ...
6
The agouti, the armadillo, and the opossum, are sometimes, though rarely, seen.
Jack in the Forecastle; or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawse...
7
He was delighted therefore to get a fat young opossum for breakfast.
The Big Brother: A Story of Indian War
8
To this it is firmly bound by thin straps of opossum's hide.
The Antiquity of Man
9
Oh, you funny little opossum, mop your eyes and take me out!
The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition
10
The indigenous tribes are those of the kangaroo, the opossum, and the lizard.
The Bushman — Life in a New Country
11
These three-thekangaroo, the opossum, and the dingo,-arethe principal beasts of Australia.
Far Off; Or, Asia and Australia Described / With Anecdotes and I...
12
With the skin of the opossum the natives make a cloak.
Far Off; Or, Asia and Australia Described / With Anecdotes and I...
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Another animal of the opossum kind has been sent alive to the Rev.
The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay / With an Account o...
14
Embryo of the opossum, sixty hours old, one-sixth of an inch in diameter.
The Evolution of Man — Volume 1
15
They also busied themselves in making garments of various kinds from opossum skins.
The Adventures of Louis de Rougemont
16
My father had some very fine dogs; we hunted coons, rabbits and opossum.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
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