Possum

Noun

 * 1) Any of marsupials in several families of the order Diprotodontia of Australia and neighboring islands.
 * 2)  Popular form for opossum, a marsupial of the family Didelphidae of the Americas.

Thesaurus
Cape polecat, ape, bar, bear, cavy, chimp, chimpanzee, coon, ferret, foumart, glutton, groundhog, guinea pig, hedgehog, monk, monkey, mousehound, opossum, polecat, porcupine, prairie dog, quill pig, raccoon, skunk, weasel, whistle-pig, wolverine, woodchuck, zoril

Etymology
Corruption of opossum:, from wapathemwa.

Derived terms

 * play possum
 * ring-tail possum

Related terms

 * opossum

Verb

 * 1) I am able; I can.
 * Tunc, modo edere non potuit.
 * At that time, he just could not eat.
 * Possum Latine loqui.
 * I can speak Latin.
 * ''Potesne mihi succurrere, quaeso?
 * Can you help me please?
 * Si probare possemus Ligarium in Āfricā omnino non fuisse.
 * If we could prove that Ligarius was not at all in Africa.

Etymology
From potis: + sum:.

Inflection
This verb is irregular.

Derived terms

 * potēns
 * potēns
 * potēns

Related terms

 * dēsum
 * īnsum
 * potentiālis
 * īnsum
 * potentiālis
 * potentiālis
 * potentiālis


 * prōsum
 * prōsum
 * prōsum

Descendants

 * Catalan:
 * English:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Italian:


 * Neapolitan: putè
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Spanish: