How to Use opossum in a Sentence

opossum

noun
Definition of opossumnext
  • Cows, pigs, sheep, and even opossum were the most common.
    — Adrian Miller, Fortune, 3 July 2020
  • White is not the first woman to wrangle an opossum out of a bar.
    — Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 5 Apr. 2023
  • An opossum is the size of a house cat, is nocturnal and lives in the forest.
    — Heloise, Washington Post, 22 June 2019
  • The opossum, who is less than a year old, weighs two pounds and still has her baby teeth.
    — Alaa Elassar, CNN, 12 Jan. 2020
  • According to the post, the opossum became stuck in a drain.
    — Don Sweeney, sacbee, 7 Aug. 2017
  • Scientists think the python that snagged the opossum must have been about 16 feet long.
    — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Meet Lavender the opossum and other creatures of the night.
    — courant.com, 4 Oct. 2019
  • An opossum was called on to make the prediction last year.
    — al, 2 Feb. 2020
  • Weighing in at less than 2 ounces, this small opossum has been around since dinosaurs roamed the Earth.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Apr. 2022
  • Here is some of what ensues: Heist keeps an opossum with a UTI in his desk drawer.
    — Constance Grady, Vox, 27 Nov. 2018
  • Tires don’t shriek when somebody brakes to avoid an opossum transfixed by headlights in the middle of the road.
    — Gena Steffens, Smithsonian, 11 July 2019
  • Despite the attack, the opossum has been friendly to those caring for her.
    — Alaa Elassar, CNN, 12 Jan. 2020
  • One opossum found out the hard way that marsupials and dance halls don't mix.
    — Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 5 Apr. 2023
  • Humans love pigs and goats, but opossums may have a bit of an image problem.
    — Sheryl Devore, Lake County News-Sun, 2 July 2017
  • The opossum gives birth to as many as 20 babies, initially about the size of a honeybee.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Aug. 2021
  • Baby opossums will stay with the mom until they are weaned after about four months.
    — Helena Wegner, Sacramento Bee, 29 Mar. 2024
  • In another legend, an opossum steals mezcal from a gang of demons and gifts it to mankind.
    — Tucker Harris, Washington Post, 23 Jan. 2024
  • The Mexican subspecies of the Virginia opossum has appeared eight times in front of the cameras during the study over the past year.
    — AZCentral.com, 15 Apr. 2021
  • This 3-4 month old hairless opossum was found in SW Lubbock.
    — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 29 Oct. 2020
  • Gonzalez says the opossum may have brought the fleas, but that’s unconfirmed.
    — USA TODAY, 15 Nov. 2019
  • Opossums are low to the ground, so the first-ever Walkin' Wheels opossum wheelchair had to take that into account.
    — Dan Heching, PEOPLE.com, 24 Feb. 2022
  • Wexler flagged rooms of note — including the room where the Beales stayed after the rest of the house was overcome by trash, cats, fleas, raccoons, and — wait, there’s more — opossums.
    — Danielle Fox, ELLE Decor, 20 Nov. 2017
  • The Central American woolly opossum and the kinkajou, too, were a bit blasé.
    — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2022
  • This type of opossum is mostly found farther south in Mexico, and the border lies near the limit of its range.
    — AZCentral.com, 15 Apr. 2021
  • In prior studies, a researcher had even trapped an opossum with S. fungiforme pollen on its nose.
    — David Shultz, Science | AAAS, 12 Feb. 2020
  • Returning from a call on Possum Hollow Road in Slidell, a crew of firefighters came across - what else? - a dead opossum in the road.
    — Robert Rhoden, NOLA.com, 2 Apr. 2018
  • A chance finding at a Brazilian museum has revealed a brand-new species of opossum.
    — Carrie Arnold, National Geographic, 23 Feb. 2017
  • The data shows a significant upward trend of coons, opossums, and skunks.
    — Will Brantley, Field & Stream, 26 Feb. 2020
  • Wildlife agents reported seeing someone riding down the street on a bicycle with a live opossum in the bike’s basket.
    — Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 16 Feb. 2024
  • After all, their diet consists in part of carrion, as opossums scavenge among carcasses as well as hunting other small mammals.
    — Katie Liu, Discover Magazine, 1 May 2024

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