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English noun: opossum

1. opossum (animal) small furry Australian arboreal marsupials having long usually prehensile tails


Synonymsphalanger, possum


Broader (hypernym)marsupial, pouched mammal


Narrower (hyponym)brush-tailed phalanger, cuscus, flying opossum, flying phalanger, flying squirrel, kangaroo bear, koala, koala bear, native bear, Phascolarctos cinereus, Trichosurus vulpecula


Member meronymfamily Phalangeridae, Phalangeridae

2. opossum (animal) nocturnal arboreal marsupial having a naked prehensile tail found from southern North America to northern South America


Synonymspossum


Broader (hypernym)marsupial, pouched mammal


Narrower (hyponym)common opossum, crab-eating opossum, Didelphis marsupialis, Didelphis virginiana


Member meronymDidelphidae, family Didelphidae









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