Possum (Noun)
Meaning 1
Small furry Australian arboreal marsupials having long usually prehensile tails.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
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Meaning 2
Nocturnal arboreal marsupial having a naked prehensile tail found from southern North America to northern South America.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The opossum climbed up the tree using its prehensile tail as an extra limb for support.
- In the dead of night, a possum scurried across the forest floor in search of food.
- The possum's ability to 'play dead' when threatened is a defense mechanism that often confuses predators.
- A possum was spotted hanging upside down from a branch, its tail wrapped tightly around the limb.
- The possum's pointed snout and hairless prehensile tail made it easily identifiable in the dark forest.