1) American marsupial 2) American marsupial, commonly 3) Animal that might play dead 4) Australian marsupial 5) Bare-tailed critter 6) Certain marsupial 7) Death-feigning critter 8) Eliot nickname 9) It might play dead 10) Marsupial 11) Nocturnal arboreal marsupial 12) Nocturnal marsupial 13) Nocturnal marsupial, casually
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1) Cuscus 2) Koala 3) Opossum 4) Phalanger
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Possums are quadrupedal diprotodont marsupials with long thick tails. The smallest possum, indeed the smallest diprotodont marsupial, is the Tasmanian pygmy possum, with an adult head-body length of 70 mm (2 3/4 in.) and a weight of 10 g (3/8 oz.). The largest is the bear cuscus that may exceed 7 kg (15lb. 6oz.). Possums are typically nocturnal an...
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• (n.) An opossum.
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in Australia, any member of the phalanger (q.v.) family of marsupial mammals. For phalangers called flying possums, see glider. For American ...
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Pos'sum noun [ Shortened from
opossum .]
(Zoology) An opossum. [ Colloq. U. S.]
To play possum ,
To act possum ,
to feign ignorance, indifference or inattention, with the intent to deceive; to dissemble; -- in allusion to the habit of the opossum, which feigns death wh...
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Another name for the opossum, a marsupial animal with a prehensile tail found in North, Central and South America. The name is also used for many of the smaller marsupials found in Australia
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