Opossum : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Opossum	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Opossum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
opossum n small furry Australian arboreal marsupials having long usually prehensile tails Synonym(s): phalanger, opossum, possum nocturnal arboreal marsupial having a naked prehensile tail found from southern North America to northern South America Synonym(s): opossum, possum
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Opossum \O*pos"sum\, n. [Of N. American Indian origin.] (Zo[94]l.) Any American marsupial of the genera {Didelphys} and {Chironectes}. The common species of the United States is {Didelphys Virginiana}.