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possums

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for possums.

Editorial note

One person's job is to find and remove possums from the fruit bin before the critter is buried by a thousand pounds of fruit.

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Definitions2
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Quick take

Any of the marsupials in several families of the order Diprotodontia of Australia and neighboring islands.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of possums gathered in one view.

noun

Any of the marsupials in several families of the order Diprotodontia of Australia and neighboring islands.

noun

(US) An opossum, a marsupial of the family Didelphidae of the Americas.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for possums.

noun

Any of the marsupials in several families of the order Diprotodontia of Australia and neighboring islands.

noun

(US) An opossum, a marsupial of the family Didelphidae of the Americas.

Example sentences

1

One person's job is to find and remove possums from the fruit bin before the critter is buried by a thousand pounds of fruit.

2

But at least they didn't get around to introducing dingoes from Australia to control the possums as proposed.

3

According to the study, observations of raccoons have declined 93 percent, bobcats by 87 percent, and possums by 98.9 percent.

4

Information on opossums to identify the ones in my backyard, and their differences from Australian possums.

5

Aye-ayes & striped possums both have elongated fingers that evolved separately from regular fingers.

6

But it's the possums or our native trees/birds, and we're fond of having forests with bird song.

7

Greenpeace NZ unambiguously supports and advocates hunting possums, and selling their fur.

8

Don't mistake a cavalier attitude to possums/rabbits/stoats/australians for lack of civilisation.

9

The tiled roofs are expensive, costly when they're damaged by our frequent, heavy hale, and a good place for possums to get trapped and die.

10

Juvenile possums are shockingly adorable, just look at these little guys!

11

Recently the same has been observed with ocelots and possums.

12

I'm from NZ and we have a number of introduced species (possums, stoats) which have a dramatic impact on the native wildlife.

Quote examples

1

You'll also notice the same thing happens for other non-existent emojis that sound like they should exist: dragonflies, lemurs, possums, blackberries - even Claude 4.5 will start off by saying "Yes!" and then correcting itself.

2

Driving up the Whanganui River Road in 2001: Local: "Now, that's a good possum." Me, having missed it completely: "Uh, I didn't know there were any good possums." Local: "That one was dead."

Proper noun examples

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Possums and Skunks may carry diseases like most wild animals, but usually only show up if there is a rat/mouse infestation around a food/garbage source.

2

Possums are stinky bastards but I love them so much!

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use possums in a sentence?

One person's job is to find and remove possums from the fruit bin before the critter is buried by a thousand pounds of fruit.

What does possums mean?

Any of the marsupials in several families of the order Diprotodontia of Australia and neighboring islands.

What part of speech is possums?

possums is commonly used as noun.