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Definition of Common opossum
1. Noun. Omnivorous opossum of the eastern United States; noted for feigning death when in danger; esteemed as food in some areas; considered same species as the crab-eating opossum of South America.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Common Opossum
Literary usage of Common opossum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Western World: Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in by William Henry Giles Kingston (1884)
"... OR common opossum. The opossum, with its prehensile tail, marsupial pouch,
and cunning ways, stands alone for its singularity among all the VIRGINIAN ..."
2. Elements of Zoölogy: A Textbook by Sanborn Tenney (1875)
"The common opossum of the United States is about twenty inches long to the tail,
which is about fifteen inches. FIG. ..."
3. A Manual of the Vertebrate Animals of the Northern United States: Including by David Starr Jordan (1904)
"The common opossum is one of the largest of ... common opossum. Soiled yellowish,
with some darker hairs; ears black, leathery; legs dark. L. 35. T. 15. ..."
4. The Life of Animals: The Mammals by Ernest Ingersoll (1907)
"The common "opossum" is about the bigness of a cat, and lives mainly in peppermint
gums, whose aromatic leaves are its favorite food, and so taint- its ..."
5. Australian Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil by Howard Willoughby (1886)
"The marsupial pictured on page 183 is a specimen of an elegant variety of the
common opossum, found principally in the neighbourhood of the Bass River, ..."
6. Australian Aborigines: The Languages and Customs of Several Tribes of by James Dawson (1881)
"The common opossum supplies the aborigines with one of their principal articles
of food, and the skin of this animal is indispensable for clothing. ..."
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