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Didelphidae

noun

opossums

• Syn: ↑family Didelphidae

• Hypernyms: ↑mammal family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Marsupialia, ↑order Marsupialia

• Member Meronyms: ↑opossum, ↑possum, ↑Didelphis, ↑genus Didelphis

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\\dīˈdelfəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Didelphis, type genus + -idae

: a family of marsupial mammals comprising the New World opossums

Useful english dictionary. 2012.