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Definition: Chironectes variegatus
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.
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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.
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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.
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Yapock
\Ya"pock\ (?; 277), n. [Probably from the river Oyapok,
between French Guiana and Brazil.] (Zo["o]l.)
A South American aquatic opossum (
Chironectes variegatus)
found in Guiana and Brazil. Its hind feet are webbed, and its
fore feet do not have an opposable thumb for climbing. Called
also
water opossum. [Written also
yapack.]
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