| 单词 | opossum |
| 释义 | opossum /euh pos"euhm, pos"euhm/, n. , pl. opossums, (esp. collectively) opossum. 1. a prehensile-tailed marsupial, Didelphis virginiana, of the eastern U.S., the female having an abdominal pouch in which its young are carried: noted for the habit of feigning death when in danger. 2. any of various animals of related genera. Cf. possum. [1600-10, Amer.; < Virginia Algonquian (E sp.) opassom, opussum, aposoum (equiv. to Proto-Algonquian *wa·p- white + *-athemw- dog)] |
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