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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

[NL. See

(Zool.)

Formerly, any marsupial; but the term is now restricted to an American genus which includes the opossums, of which there are many species. See

[Written also

Didelphis

See Illustration in Appendix.

Cuvier.

Didelphys f

(obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Didelphidae – alternative form of Didelphis.