opossum
opos·sum
noun
1.
small furry Australian arboreal marsupials having long usually prehensile tails
Origin
From Powhatan aposoum (“white animal”), from Proto-Algonquian *wa·p-aʔθemwa (“white dog”); compare Ojibwe waabasim (“white dog”).
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