Definitions for opossum

opossum o·pos·sum

Spelling: [uh-pos-uh m, pos-uh
IPA: /əˈpɒs əm, ˈpɒs əm/

Opossum is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 87 anagrams from letters in opossum (moopssu).

Definitions for opossum

noun

  1. a prehensile-tailed marsupial, Didelphis virginiana, of the eastern U.S., the female having an abdominal pouch in which its young are carried: noted for the habit of feigning death when in danger.
  2. any of various animals of related genera.

Origin of opossum

1600-10, Americanism; Virginia Algonquian (E spelling) opassom, opussum, aposoum (equivalent to Proto-Algonquian *wa˙p- white + *-aʔθemw- dog)

Examples for opossum

It had a gray coat, and a tapering muzzle like that of an opossum.

The opossum is famous for carrying its young in a pouch in front of the body.

The next day, to our great satisfaction, the opossum hove in sight.

On showing the opossum to Gerald, he said it was called the “crab-eater.”

A little higher in the scale stand the kangaroo and the opossum.

Among mammals, the best-known example is probably the opossum.

Their names mean "shooter of blow-pipe at coyote," "at opossum," and so forth.

We neither of us took warning from our misfortune in the opossum.

One of them fired at an opossum which they had, I concluded, driven out of its hole.

He had just before caught sight of an opossum, which had escaped him.

Word Value for opossum
Scrable

11

Words with friends

14

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