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Didelphis

noun

type genus of the family Didelphidae

• Syn: ↑genus Didelphis

• Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Didelphidae, ↑family Didelphidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑crab-eating opossum

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\\ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷fə̇s\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, irregular from di- + Greek delphys womb

: the type genus of Didelphidae which includes the Virginia opossum and a few related marsupials of tropical America

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Didelˈphis /-fis/ (less commonly Didelˈphys) noun

An American genus of opossums

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Main Entry: ↑didelphic

Useful english dictionary. 2012.