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brush-tailed possum

brush-tail possum

noun

any of several widely-distributed Australian possums of the genus Trichosurus

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Nearby words

  1. brush-fire,
  2. brush-footed butterfly,
  3. brush-off,
  4. brush-on,
  5. brush-tailed phalanger,
  6. brushback,
  7. brushed,
  8. brushfire,
  9. brushland,
  10. brushless
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