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possum (n.)
American marsupial mammal, 1610s, shortened form of opossum (q.v.). It is nocturnal, omnivorous, and when caught or threatened with danger feigns death; hence the phrase play possum "feign death when threatened," attested by 1822.
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Definitions of possum
Dictionary entries near possum
posset
possibility
possible
possibly
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