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OPOSSUM RAT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does opossum rat mean?
• OPOSSUM RAT (noun)
The noun OPOSSUM RAT has 1 sense:
1. terrestrial marsupials of southern South America that resemble shrews
Familiarity information: OPOSSUM RAT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Terrestrial marsupials of southern South America that resemble shrews
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("opossum rat" is a kind of...):
marsupial; pouched mammal (mammals of which the females have a pouch (the marsupium) containing the teats where the young are fed and carried)
Holonyms ("opossum rat" is a member of...):
Caenolestes; genus Caenolestes (type genus of the family Caenolestidae)
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