opossum

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Scrabble points: 11
Words With Friends: 14
Letters: 7

Pronunciation

/əˈpɒsəm/ (UK)

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/əˈpɒsəm/ (UK) · /əˈpɑsəm/ (US)

Definition of opossum

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

Any American marsupial of the family Didelphidae in the order Didelphimorphia.

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Algonquian *wa·p- Proto-Algonquian *aθemwa Proto-Algonquian *wa·p-aʔθemwa Powhatan aposoumbor. English opossum From Powhatan aposoum (“white animal”), from Proto-Algonquian *wa·p-aʔθemwa (“white dog”); compare Ojibwe waabasim (“white dog”).

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