Synonym: opossum, phalanger. Similar words: assume, assumed, assumption, unassuming, posse, possess, possible, possibly. Meaning: ['pɑsəm /'pɒ-] 
n. 1. nocturnal arboreal marsupial having a naked prehensile tail found from southern North America to northern South America 2. small furry Australian arboreal marsupials having long usually prehensile tails.
n. 1. nocturnal arboreal marsupial having a naked prehensile tail found from southern North America to northern South America 2. small furry Australian arboreal marsupials having long usually prehensile tails. 
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1) Marsupials include koalas, possums and kangaroos.
2) Glover eased back in his chair and played possum.
3) If this fails to deter the enemy, the possum promptly drops dead.
4) Human possums avoid conflict by agreeing with whichever side is talking to them at the time.
5) But yesterday, possums, Dame Edna Everage revealed that she was fed up with rubbing shoulders with the rich and famous.
6) Out of Canberra you can see wombats, possums and kangaroos at dusk if you leave the main road.
7) Let's face it, possum, there are some who would put me on a pedestal.
8) A possum laid down the bearded iris field.
9) If we don't, they will play possum.
10) Buried the gun, possum, be captured next captive.
11) Bob played possum when the teacher looked around.
12) I know you were only playing possum.
13) The students played possum when the teacher looked around.
14) Possum or pretend to sleep.
15) He escaped by coming possum over his enemy.
16) I know you were only possum.
17) To a possum, bravery is just dumb.
18) The boys possum when asked who had broken the window.
19) This morning I woke up a possum and now I'm a mammoth.
20) You must be possum.
21) Expressions such as play possum, bury the hatchet and go on the warpath became common.
22) The rabbit played possum under the bushes, hoping the hunter would not see him.
23) In Austrlia, the possum commonly hides up a gum tree when it is being chased.
24) The dog killed a possum right in front of us.
25) A loud - mouthed, possum,(http://sentencedict.com/possum.html) Crash loves X - trema sports and trouble.
26) As the day winds on, he collects a few possums, a couple of skunks.
27) The blue-eyed spotted cuscus (Spilocuscus wilsoni) is a small possum that was found in 2004 on Indonesian New Guinea.
28) When the principal asked who had broken the vase, Tom played possum.
29) Sensing that his life was in jeopardy, the hunter played possum until the irate lion disappeared.
30) Johnny seemed to be fully asleep, but his mother knew that he was playing possum.
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