DIDELPHOUS

a. n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Didelphic.

2.
n.

Formerly, any marsupial; but the term is now restricted to an American genus which includes the opossums, of which there are many species. See Opossum. [Written also Didelphis.] See Illustration in Appendix. Cuvier.


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