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Synonyms for opossum
əˈpɒs əm, ˈpɒs əmopos·sum

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  1. opossumnoun

    Synonyms:
    possum

  2. opossumnoun

    Any American marsupial of the genera Didelphys and Chironectes. The common species of the United States is Didelphys virginiana.

    Synonyms:
    possum

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. phalanger, opossum, possumnoun

    small furry Australian arboreal marsupials having long usually prehensile tails

    Synonyms:
    phalanger, possum

  2. opossum, possumnoun

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

    Synonyms:
    phalanger, possum

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  1. List of paraphrases for "opossum":

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    A worker there found the opossum up on a shelf next to a cracked open bottle of liquor with nothing in it, assuming the opossum drank it all, he brought her to us, and we looked over her and she definitely was n’t fully acting normal.


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