Category:Possum

Pos"sum, n. Etym: [shortened from opossum.] (zoöl.)

Defn: an opossum. [colloq. U. S.] To play possum, to act possum, to feign ignorance, indifference or inattention, with the intent to deceive; to dissemble; -- in allusion to the habit of the opossum, which feigns death when attacked or alarmed.

See also: Opossum