opossum

Significat (Anglès)

  1. Any American marsupial of the family Didelphidae in the order Didelphimorphia.
  2. Any of the marsupials in several families of the order Diprotodontia of Australia and neighboring islands.

Conceptes

opòssum

phalanger

possum

Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/əˈpɒsəm/
Etimologia (Anglès)

In summary

From Powhatan aposoum (“white animal”), from Proto-Algonquian *wa·p-aʔθemwa (“white dog”); compare Ojibwe waabasim (“white dog”).

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