HyperDic: family_didelphidae

English > 1 sense of the expression family Didelphidae:
NOUNanimalfamily Didelphidae, Didelphidaeopossums
English > family Didelphidae: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningopossums.
SynonymDidelphidae
Member ofMarsupialia, order Marsupialiacoextensive with the subclass Metatheria
MembersDidelphis, genus Didelphistype genus of the family Didelphidae
opossum, possumnocturnal arboreal marsupial having a naked prehensile tail found from southern North America to northern South America
Broadermammal familyA family of mammals
Spanishdidelfos, Didelphidae, familia Didelphidae
Catalandidèlfids, Didelphidae

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