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noun 
  1. Any of marsupials in several families of the order Diprotodontia of Australia and neighboring islands.
  2. (colloquial) Popular form for the opossums, the marsupials of the family Didelphidae of the Americas
Etymology: Corruption of opossum, from (Algon.) wapathemwa.

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