How do you use Opossums in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Opossums meaning
plural of opossum
Using Opossums
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of opossum
- In the example corpus, opossums often appears in combinations such as: and opossums.
Context around Opossums
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 9 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 14 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Opossums
- In this selection, "opossums" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, foxes, services, raccoons, snuffle, eat and skunks stand out and add context to how "opossums" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include foxes raccoons opossums skunks swine and habits of opossums. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "opossums" sits close to words such as aaronson, abai and abass, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with opossums
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Turtles laze and opossums snuffle, anticipating their next meal. (9 words)
It’s not uncommon for opossums to suffer frostbite, particularly to their tails. (13 words)
Audubon's room was brimming with birds' eggs, stuffed raccoons and opossums, fish, snakes, and other creatures. (17 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)
Opossums have claws on all fingers fore and hind except on the two thumbs (in the photograph, claw marks show as small holes just beyond the tip of each finger); these generally show in the tracks. (36 words)
More than 200 of the animals killed — including foxes, raccoons, opossums, skunks, swine and a black bear — were unintentional targets of the cyanide bombs, according to the department. (28 words)
Example sentences (14)
A topic would carry me down a rabbit hole of information until I was reading a scientific study about the eating habits of opossums.
Friel said he has spotted foxes, opossums and deer during his time on campus, many of which he has logged on the app.
Turtles laze and opossums snuffle, anticipating their next meal.
Fresh citrus, cucumbers, strawberries and potatoes make a delicious summer snack — both for your family and hungry raccoons, skunks and opossums.
Other “unwelcome” creatures perform their own useful services: Opossums eat ticks, skunks eat yellow jackets, snakes eat mice, etc. Harry them not.
More than 200 of the animals killed — including foxes, raccoons, opossums, skunks, swine and a black bear — were unintentional targets of the cyanide bombs, according to the department.
It’s not uncommon for opossums to suffer frostbite, particularly to their tails.
The tomcat, thinking discretion the better part of valor, has made friends with six young, orphaned opossums at Rome Ga., June 22, 1966.
Typhus is caused by bacteria found in infected fleas that can come from many animals, including cats, rats and opossums.
Audubon's room was brimming with birds' eggs, stuffed raccoons and opossums, fish, snakes, and other creatures.
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.
Great Plains Nature Center. accessed Oct. 15, 2007 Even in captivity, opossums live only about four years.
Opossums are omnivorous and eat a wide range of plants and animals such as fruits, grains, insects, snails, earthworms, carrion, snakes, mice, and other small animals.
Opossums have claws on all fingers fore and hind except on the two thumbs (in the photograph, claw marks show as small holes just beyond the tip of each finger); these generally show in the tracks.
Common combinations with opossums
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: