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This is old page history that used to be at the title "opossum". ''']'''] 15:59, 20 December 2009 (UTC)
The word '''opossum''' (usually pronounced without the leading 'O', or with only a very slight ]) refers either to the ] in particular, or more generally to any of the other ] of ] ].

The name is from ] ''wapathemwa'', not ] or ], so the plural is ''opossums'', not ''opossa''.

The ] is noted for its reaction to threat, which is to feign death. This is called "playing (o)possum".

Though ''opossum'' is often pronounced, and even spelled ''possum'', the latter word actually refers to various distantly related but broadly similar ]s of magnorder ], that are native to ] and are an introduced pest in ]. See ].

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Explanation

This is old page history that used to be at the title "opossum". Graham87 15:59, 20 December 2009 (UTC)