opossum

Example Sentences

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A beaver’s tail creates a rhythm on the deck and an opossum has a bass fashioned out of a gourd.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2024

The demolished deer, the obliterated opossum, the wrecked raccoon: This is the detritus of our human-dominated age.

From Slate • May 25, 2024

In the end, though, it was just a "giant opossum that was under the house", she testified.

From BBC • May 9, 2024

William Voiles, an artist who makes braided trinkets, said the 1-year-old opossum had been confiscated in the city’s French Quarter during Mardi Gras celebrations earlier this month as part of a public safety effort.

From New York Times • Feb. 21, 2024

The human doesn’t bring me much in the way of food to begin with, and now I’d have to share it with this opossum?

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz