opossum
n. பைக்கீரி, மரம் அல்லது நீரில் வாழ்ந்து இரவில் நடமாடும் மதலைப்பையுடைய அமெரிக்க அல்லது ஆஸ்திரேலிய சிறு விலங்கு வகை.
O*pos"sum, n. Etym: [Of N. American Indian origin.] (Zoöl.) Defn: Any American marsupial of the genera Didelphys and Chironectes. The common species of the United States is Didelphys Virginiana. Note: Several related species are found in South America. The water opossum of Brazil (Chironectes variegatus), which has the hind feet, webbed, is provided with a marsupial pouch and with cheek pouches. It is called also yapock. Opossum mouse. (Zoöl.) See Flying mouse, under Flying. -- Opossum shrimp (Zoöl.), any schizopod crustacean of the genus Mysis and allied genera. See Schizopoda.