Possum (Noun)

Meaning ¹

Small furry Australian arboreal marsupials having long usually prehensile tails.

Classification

Nouns denoting animals.

Synonyms

• Phalanger
• Opossum

Hypernyms

• Marsupial
• Pouched Mammal

Hyponyms

• Flying Phalanger
• Koala
• Trichosurus Vulpecula
• Native Bear
• Brush-tailed Phalanger
• Flying Opossum
• Cuscus
• Koala Bear
• Phascolarctos Cinereus

Meaning ²

Nocturnal arboreal marsupial having a naked prehensile tail found from southern North America to northern South America.

Classification

Nouns denoting animals.

Synonyms

• Opossum

Hypernyms

• Marsupial

Hyponyms

• Common Opossum
• Didelphis Marsupialis
• Crab-eating Opossum