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WORDNET DICTIONARY
CIDE DICTIONARY
OXFORD DICTIONARY
THESAURUS
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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun possum has 2 senses

CIDE DICTIONARY

possumn. [Shortened from opossum.].
     An opossum.  [1913 Webster]
To play possum, To act possum, to feign ignorance, indifference or inattention, with the intent to deceive; to dissemble; -- in allusion to the habit of the opossum, which feigns death when attacked or alarmed.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

possum, n.
1 colloq. = OPOSSUM 1.
2 Austral. & NZ colloq. a phalanger resembling an American opossum.

Idiom
play possum
1 pretend to be asleep or unconscious when threatened.
2 feign ignorance.
Etymology
abbr.

THESAURUS

possum

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
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