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Opossum

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

nocturnal arboreal marsupial having a naked prehensile tail found from southern North America to northern South America

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Senses

Wordset Dictionary

small furry Australian arboreal marsupials having long usually prehensile tails

Classifications

Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
phalangerpossum
plural
Opossums
possessive
Opossum's
pluralpossessive
Opossums'