opossum
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /əˈpɒsəm/
- (America) enPR: ə-päsʹəm, IPA: /əˈpɑsəm/ or in abbreviated form like possum, as IPAchar /ˈpɑsəm/
opossum (plural opossums)
- Any American marsupial of the family Didelphidae. The common species of the United States is Didelphis virginiana.
- possum (US)
- French: sarigue, opossum, rat de bois (Louisiana)
- German: Beutelratte
- Italian: opossum, sariga
- Portuguese: gambá, cuíca, opossum
- Russian: опо́ссум
- Spanish: (especially formal or scientific usage) zarigüeya, (Bolivia) carachupa, (Colombia) chucha, (Argentina) comadreja, (Venezuelan Andes) faro, (Peru) muca, (Venezuelan standard usage) rabipelado, (Ecuador) raposa, (Honduras) tacuacín, (El Salvador) tacuazín, (Mexico) tlacuache, (Panama) zorra, (Nicaragua) zorro cola pelada, (Costa Rica) zorro pelón
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