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noun 
  1. (zoology) Any American marsupial of the genera Didelphys and Chironectes. The common species of the United States is Didelphys virginiana.
Translations: 
  • Dutch: opossums
  • French: sarigue, opossum
  • German: Beutelratte
  • Spanish: zarigí¼eya (italbrac, especially formal or scientific usage), carachupa (italbrac, Bolivia), chucha (italbrac, Colombia), comadreja (italbrac, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay), faro (italbrac, Venezuelan Andes), muca (italbrac, Peru), rabipelado (italbrac, Venezuelan standard usage), raposa (italbrac, Ecuador), tacuací­n (italbrac, Honduras), tacuazí­n (italbrac, El Salvador, Guatemala), tlacuache (italbrac, Mexico), zorro cola pelada (italbrac, Nicaragua), zorro pelón (italbrac, Costa Rica)
Etymology: From Algonquian oposon, literally white beast

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