Opossum vs Kangaroo - What's the difference?
opossum | kangaroo |
Any American marsupial of the family Didelphidae. The common species of the United States is Didelphis virginiana .
A member of the Macropodidae family of large marsupials with strong hind legs for hopping, native to Australia.
* 1770 , (James Cook), Journal , 4 August 1770 [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/8106]:
* 1814 , (Matthew Flinders), A Voyage to Terra Australis :
(Canada, attributive) A hooded jacket with a front pocket, usually of fleece material, a kangaroo jacket.
To practice kangaroo care on an infant; to hold a premature infant against the skin.
To hunt kangaroo.
As nouns the difference between opossum and kangaroo
is that opossum is opossum while kangaroo is a member of the macropodidae family of large marsupials with strong hind legs for hopping, native to australia.As a verb kangaroo is
to practice kangaroo care on an infant; to hold a premature infant against the skin.opossum
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Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* possum (US)Derived terms
* water opossum () * opossum mouse * opossum rat () * opossum shrimpSee also
* ("opossum" on Wikipedia) * (Didelphidae) *References
* ----kangaroo
English
(wikipedia kangaroo)Noun
(en noun)- Besides the Animals which I have before mentioned, called by the Natives Kangooroo', or ' Kanguru […].
- In the woods are the kanguroo , the emu or cassowary, paroquets, and a variety of small birds […].