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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PUNGENCY

(noun) wit having a sharp and caustic quality; “he commented with typical pungency”; “the bite of satire”


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