How do you use Opossum in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like possum or marsupial, plus the exact meaning.
Opossum meaning
Any American marsupial of the family Didelphidae in the order Didelphimorphia.
Using Opossum
- The main meaning on this page is: Any American marsupial of the family Didelphidae in the order Didelphimorphia.
- Useful related words include: possum, marsupial, pouched mammal, phalanger.
- In the example corpus, opossum often appears in combinations such as: virginia opossum, the opossum, opossum is.
Context around Opossum
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 10 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Opossum
- In this selection, "opossum" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, virginia, juvenile, perfect, expert, size and ambassador stand out and add context to how "opossum" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a female opossum may have and a good opossum he s. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "opossum" sits close to words such as abbe, abeyance and abp, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with opossum
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Colloquially, the Virginia opossum is frequently called simply "possum". (9 words)
Opossum's need to legally change their name to Possum. (10 words)
A female opossum may have one to three litters per year. (11 words)
This effortlessly fun side-scroller managed to put its own unique stamp on a genre dominated by Mario and Sonic, and it seemed as if both the game and its opossum protagonist, Sparkster, had the ability to be the Dr. Pepper to their Coke and Pepsi. (46 words)
For me, there is no sign of her when she is curled up in that perfect opossum-size hidey-hole, but several times a day Rascal will park himself directly above the place where she is sleeping. (37 words)
Description Dentition, as illustrated in Knight's Sketches in Natural History Virginia opossums can vary considerably in size, with larger specimens found to the north of the opossum's range and smaller specimens in the tropics. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
An opossum expert at the American Museum of Natural History later confirmed they had captured the first documentation of a large mygalomorph spider preying on an opossum.
The Virginia opossum does not hibernate, although it may remain sheltered during cold spells. citation Reproduction Juvenile opossum in Minnesota hissing defensively.
The Virginia opossum has been found to be very resistant to snake venom. citation Persimmons are one of the opossum's favorite foods during the autumn.
For me, there is no sign of her when she is curled up in that perfect opossum-size hidey-hole, but several times a day Rascal will park himself directly above the place where she is sleeping.
Smith was so passionate about her role as opossum ambassador for that the furry animals had their own room in Smith and Remi’s home.
This effortlessly fun side-scroller managed to put its own unique stamp on a genre dominated by Mario and Sonic, and it seemed as if both the game and its opossum protagonist, Sparkster, had the ability to be the Dr. Pepper to their Coke and Pepsi.
The experience will induce the opossum to go into a state of coma that may last for between 40 minutes or more than 3 hours.
The tree of life for mammals in Canada is "very weird," Mooers notes, because it includes the country's only marsupial, the Virginia opossum.
The video footage shows an opossum scurrying away with the package, seemingly on a mission to collect all the neighborhood goodies.
He's not just a good opossum, he's a good father, filled with nuggets of wisdom, even if he's a tad overdramatic.
Now I have a new friend – a possum, or opossum if you want to get technical.
Biologists have published a terrifying video that shows a gargantuan tarantula dragging a young opossum along the Amazon rainforest floor.
De Anza interns Robert Scott and Emma Bonasera, working in the Arastradero Preserve, have spotted different species such as the western gray squirrel, black-tailed deer, Virginia opossum, and the red shouldered hawk.
Like most of the keep-you-up-at-night images, video of the dinner-plate-sized tarantula dragging the softball-size mouse opossum was captured during one of the team's nighttime surveys.
Opossum's need to legally change their name to Possum.
A female opossum may have one to three litters per year.
Behavior When injured or threatened, the Virginia opossum is well known for attempting to fake death or "play possum", as seen in this photo.
Besides discouraging animals that eat live prey, playing possum also convinces some large animals that the opossum is no threat to their young.
Colloquially, the Virginia opossum is frequently called simply "possum".
Description Dentition, as illustrated in Knight's Sketches in Natural History Virginia opossums can vary considerably in size, with larger specimens found to the north of the opossum's range and smaller specimens in the tropics.
Common combinations with opossum
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- virginia opossum 9×
- the opossum 6×
- opossum is 5×
- an opossum 3×
- opossum was 3×
- water opossum 2×