Possum vs Kangaroo - What's the difference?
possum | kangaroo |
(US) An opossum, a marsupial of the family Didelphidae of the Americas.
Any of the marsupials in several families of the order Diprotodontia of Australia and neighboring islands.
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 possum and kangaroo
is that possum is an opossum, a marsupial of the family Didelphidae of the Americas 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.possum
English
(wikipedia possum)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* play possum *See also
* * ----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 […].