Definition of Possum. Meaning of Possum. Synonyms of Possum

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Definition of Possum

Possum
Possum Pos"sum, n. [Shortened from opossum.] (Zo["o]l.) An opossum. [Colloq. U. S.] To play possum, To act possum, to feign ignorance, indifference or inattention, with the intent to deceive; to dissemble; -- in allusion to the habit of the opossum, which feigns death when attacked or alarmed.

Meaning of Possum from wikipedia

- Look up possum in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Possum may refer to: Phalangeriformes, or possums, any of a number of arboreal marsupial species native...
- Possum is a 2018 British psychological horror film written and directed by Matthew Holness in his feature film debut, starring Sean Harris and Alun Armstrong...
- typewriter controller named the Patient Operated Selector Mechanism (POSM or POSSUM) was developed in the United Kingdom. From the 1960s onward, sign language...
- in New Zealand, and the second-largest of the possums. Like most possums, the common brushtail possum is nocturnal. It is mainly a folivore, but has...
- Possum Trot or Possumtrot may refer to: Possum Trot, Alabama Possum Trot, Kentucky Possum Trot, Missouri Possum Trot, Texas Possum Trot, Virginia The former...
- The common ringtail possum (Pseudocheirus peregrinus, Gr**** for "false hand" and Latin for "pilgrim" or "alien") is an Australian marsupial. It lives in...
- and Sulawesi. The species are commonly known as possums, gliders, and cuscus. The common name "possum" for various Phalangeriformes species derives from...
- in the world. In the United States and Canada, it is typically called a possum. It is a solitary nocturnal animal about the size of a domestic cat, and...
- not. He is the president of the Possum Lodge, a fictional men's club in the small northwestern Ontario town of Possum Lake, near the also-fictional town...
- Leadbeater's possum (Gymnobelideus leadbeateri) is a critically endangered possum largely restricted to small pockets of alpine ash, mountain ash, and...