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Definition of Posum

Pos"sum (?), n. [Shortened from opossum.] (Zoöl.) An opossum. [Colloq. U. S.]

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.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

  • any of marsupials in several families of the order Diprotodontia of Australia and neighboring islands.
  • (colloquial): popular form for the opossums, the marsupials of the family Didelphidae of the Americas

    Latin
  • I am able; I can
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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