Definition of "opposum" [opposum]

• Common misspelling of opossum. (noun)

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• "It's usually an uneventful trip; one time I tripped over a garden hose after I'd had a few beers, and one time I surprised an opposum — or more correctly, he surprised me — who'd stuck his nose in a discarded box of Trader Joe'shors d'oeuvres."
• "Both Dems know that he primaries are the real contest and even a blind opposum with a facial tick can beat Grandpa Simpson in the generals."
• "Supporting the table was the sculpted plaster figure of a coquettishly posed female opposum."