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possum definition

☆ pos·sum (päs′əm)

noun

Informal opossum
possum Idioms

play possum

to pretend to be asleep, dead, ill, unaware, etc.: an opossum may become motionless when endangered

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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