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- noun (Zoöl.) 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 alsowater opossum .
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- noun The
water opossum
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The little yapock opossum is a representative of the aquatic species
The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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an aquatic opposum
January 22, 2009