possum

Example Sentences

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Last are the mammals, from the mightiest Javan rhinoceros to the meekest mountain pygmy possum.

From New York Times

"I was able to get little spiny-looking, porcupine-like animals like echidnas, to tiny pygmy possums in a tree that were the size of a mouse," he said.

From Reuters

We spent hours imitating a dog laughing, a horse crying, and the game went on indefinitely until we got cheerfully lost in nonsense: a stuttering crocodile, a yawning magpie, a sneezing possum.

From New York Times

As a boy, his parents had sent him out with .22-caliber rifle or cane pole to catch a squirrel or possum or catfish for dinner.

From Los Angeles Times

People began bringing injured bunnies, possums, birds and other animals to the shelter, propelling the nonprofit into wildlife rehabilitation in the early 1980s, CEO Heidi Wills said.

From Seattle Times