possum¹ (formerly also 'possum) /posˈəm/

1. In America, an aphetic form of opossum (informal)
2. Applied also to the Australasian phalanger

To play possum

play possum

1. To feign death, sleep, illness or ignorance
2. To dissemble

stir the possum (Aust)

To liven things up

Possum® or possum /posˈəm/

Any of a range of electronic services by means of which severely disabled people can perform tasks, eg operate household equipment or a word processor

opossum /ə-posˈəm/

1. Any member of the American genus Didelphis, or family Didelphidae, small marsupials, often pouchless, mainly arboreal, with prehensile tail
2. A phalanger (Aust and NZ)
3. Opossum-fur

opossum shrimp noun

A shrimp-like crustacean of the order Mysidacea, the female of which carries her eggs and young in a brood pouch

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