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Meanings of possum 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 "opossum"
Examples for "opossum"
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 ...
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 possum in English
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
6
The girls weren't moving, but I thought Virgie might be playing possum.
The well and the mine
7
You don't want the possum, child, you want to see it caught.
Andrew the Glad
8
I wouldn't trust him no further 'n I would a fat possum.
At the Mercy of Tiberius
9
I'll have to watch out for you after this, you sly 'possum.
The Outdoor Chums; Or, The First Tour of the Rod, Gun and Camera...
10
Crazy as a possum at noon, maybe, but he was stone-cold sober.
Sympathy for the devil
11
Oh, I say it's a shame we never had that 'possum hunt!
The Deliverance: A Romance of the Virginia Tobacco Fields
12
She decided that under the circumstances the best thing was to play possum.
Ghosts
13
Animal rights activists speak against a kindergarten's possum and rabbit hunt fund raiser.
Radio NZ
14
I wouldn't mind learnin' how to cook up a possum right.
Stories: all-new tales
15
That's one thing I can do, fix up a possum good.
Stories: all-new tales
16
Flush was either sleeping or playing possum, waiting for the chow to approach.
Fatal Voyage
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New Zealand
Common
United States of America
Less common
United Kingdom
Less common