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Definition of: possum
(pos′əm) noun
1. Colloq. An opossum.
2. Austral. A phalanger.
—to play possum To pretend; deceive; feign ignorance or inattention; dissemble: from the fact that the opossum feigns death when threatened. [Short for OPOSSUM]
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