possums
- plural of possum.
Example Sentences
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Looking out their back windows, they can see foxes, deer and possums in neighboring woodlands.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026
In June, Mumbai customs intercepted two passengers arriving from Thailand with dozens of venomous vipers and more than 100 other creatures, including lizards, sunbirds and tree-climbing possums, also arriving from Thailand.
From Barron's ● Oct. 31, 2025
Predators destroy an estimated 25 million birds, chicks, and eggs a year, while 30 million possums gobble up 21,000 tons of vegetation a night, depleting the food supply for native animals.
From Slate ● Aug. 8, 2025
As a journalist and a volunteer, I’ve set and checked traps called “Trapinators” and “Mammalian Corrections Units” with Predator Free Dunedin, a conservation collective that has battled possums, rats, hedgehogs, and stoats since 2018.
From Slate ● Aug. 8, 2025
“I reckon Unc’ Louis done caught mo possums than aihy man in dis country.”
From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner
