didelphys virginiana

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didelphys virginiana - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Opossum \O*pos"sum\, n. [Of N. American Indian origin.] (Zool.)
     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. (Zool.) See Flying mouse, under Flying.
        
  
     Opossum shrimp (Zool.), any schizopod crustacean of the
        genus Mysis and allied genera. See Schizopoda.
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