опоссум

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Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic وپوسسۋم
Cyrillic опоссум
Latin opossum

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian опо́ссум (opóssum), from Latin opossum, from Powhatan aposoum (white animal), from Proto-Algonquian *wa·p-aʔθemwa (white dog).

Pronunciation

Noun

опоссум (opossum)

  1. opossum

Declension

Russian

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опоссум

Pronunciation

Noun

опо́ссум (opóssumm anim (genitive опо́ссума, nominative plural опо́ссумы, genitive plural опо́ссумов)

  1. opossum

Declension

Descendants

  • Kazakh: опоссум (opossum)

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