possum
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 10
- Words With Friends
- 13
- Letters
- 6
/ˈpɒsəm/
Definition of possum
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- (error-lua-timeout)A marsupial of several families of the order Diprotodontia, found in Australia and neighboring islands.
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noun
- (error-lua-timeout)A marsupial of several families of the order Diprotodontia, found in Australia and neighboring islands.
- (US, error-lua-timeout)An opossum, a marsupial of the family Didelphidae of the Americas.
verb
- (error-lua-timeout, intransitive)To play possum; to feign sleep, illness, or death.
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Etymology
Derived from opossum by apheresis.
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