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DIDELPHOUS
Adjective
didelphous (not comparable)
synonym of didelphic
Source: Wiktionary
Di*del"phous, a. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Didelphic.
Di*del"phous, n. Etym: [NL. See Didelphia.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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