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CRAB-EATING OPOSSUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does crab-eating opossum mean? 

CRAB-EATING OPOSSUM (noun)
  The noun CRAB-EATING OPOSSUM has 1 sense:

1. South American opossumplay

  Familiarity information: CRAB-EATING OPOSSUM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CRAB-EATING OPOSSUM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

South American opossum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("crab-eating opossum" is a kind of...):

opossum; possum (nocturnal arboreal marsupial having a naked prehensile tail found from southern North America to northern South America)

Holonyms ("crab-eating opossum" is a member of...):

Didelphis; genus Didelphis (type genus of the family Didelphidae)


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