didelphys

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didelphys - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Didelphys \Di*del"phys\, n. [NL. See Didelphia.] (Zool.)
     Formerly, any marsupial; but the term is now restricted to an
     American genus which includes the opossums, of which there
     are many species. See Opossum. [Written also Didelphis.]
     See Illustration in Appendix. --Cuvier.
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