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Showing words for OPOSSUM using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Opossum

opossum

6 Letter Words for Opossum

osmous, possum, spooms

5 Letter Words for Opossum

moops, mopus, mosso, moups, musos, pomos, smous, sooms, soops, soums, soups, spoom, sumos, sumps

4 Letter Words for Opossum

moop, moos, mops, moss, moup, mous, muso, muss, ooms, oops, opus, oups, pomo, poms, poos, poss, puss, soms, soom, soop, sops, soso, soum, soup, sous, sumo, sump, sums, sups, umps

3 Letter Words for Opossum

moo, mop, mos, mou, mss, mus, oms, oom, oop, oos, ops, oup, ous, pms, pom, poo, pos, pus, som, sop, sou, sps, ssp, ssu, sum, sup, sus, ump, ums, upo, ups

Definitions for Opossum

[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.
[3] any thick-furred marsupial, esp Didelphis marsupialis (common opossum ), of the family Didelphidae of S North, Central, and South America, having an elongated snout and a hairless prehensile tail Sometimes (informal) shortened to: possum
[4] Also called (Austral and NZ): possum any of various similar animals, esp the phalanger, Trichosurus vulpecula, of the New Zealand bush

Words related to Opossum

wombat, koala, kangaroo, possum, wallaby, bandicoot, euro

Words nearby Opossum

opium wars, opiumism, opm, opole, oporto, opossum, opossum block, opossum shrimp, opotherapy, opp., oppenheim

Origin of Opossum

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

Word origin for Opossum

C17: from Algonquian aposoum; related to Delaware apässum, literally: white beast

Synonyms for Opossum

bandicoot, euro, kangaroo, koala, possum, wallaby, wombat