opossum
noun /əˈpɒsəm/
/əˈpɑːsəm/
(Australian English, New Zealand English or North American English, informal possum)
- a small American or Australian animal that lives in trees and carries its young in a pouch (= a pocket of skin on the front of the mother’s body)
负鼠(产于美洲或澳大利亚的小动物,在树上生活,携幼崽于母兽育儿袋中) Topics Animalsc2词源early 17th cent.: from Virginia Algonquian opassom, from op ‘white’ + assom ‘dog’.