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Possum : (noun)
1: nocturnal arboreal marsupial having a naked prehensile tail
found from southern North America to northern South
America [syn: opossum]
2: small furry Australian arboreal marsupials having long
usually prehensile tails [syn: phalanger, opossum]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Possum : \Pos"sum\, n. [Shortened from opossum.] (Zo["o]l.)
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 when attacked or alarmed.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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