Found 2 items, similar to opossum.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: opossum opossum n 1: small furry Australian arboreal marsupials having long usually prehensile tails [syn: phalanger, possum] 2: nocturnal arboreal marsupial having a naked prehensile tail found from southern North America to northern South America [syn: possum]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Opossum Opossum \O*pos"sum\, n. [Of N. American Indian origin.] (Zo["o]l.) Any American marsupial of the genera Didelphys and Chironectes; called also possum. The common species of the United States is Didelphys Virginiana. [1913 Webster] Note: Several related species are found in South America. The water opossum of Brazil (Chironectes variegatus), which has the hind feet, webbed, is provided with a marsupial pouch and with cheek pouches. It is called also yapock. [1913 Webster] Opossum mouse. (Zo["o]l.) See Flying mouse, under Flying. Opossum shrimp (Zo["o]l.), any schizopod crustacean of the genus Mysis and allied genera. See Schizopoda. [1913 Webster]