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Water opossum (gcide) | Water opossum \Wa"ter o*pos"sum\ (Zool.)
See Yapock, and the Note under Opossum.
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water opossum (gcide) | Yapock \Ya"pock\ (?; 277), n. [Probably from the river Oyapok,
between French Guiana and Brazil.] (Zool.)
A South American aquatic opossum (Chironectes variegatus)
found in Guiana and Brazil. Its hind feet are webbed, and its
fore feet do not have an opposable thumb for climbing. Called
also water opossum. [Written also yapack.]
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water opossum (gcide) | Water opossum \Wa"ter o*pos"sum\ (Zool.)
See Yapock, and the Note under Opossum.
[1913 Webster]Yapock \Ya"pock\ (?; 277), n. [Probably from the river Oyapok,
between French Guiana and Brazil.] (Zool.)
A South American aquatic opossum (Chironectes variegatus)
found in Guiana and Brazil. Its hind feet are webbed, and its
fore feet do not have an opposable thumb for climbing. Called
also water opossum. [Written also yapack.]
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