Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shrew opossum

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.29 in modern English

Syllables: shrew o-pos-sum
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the small, shrew-like, pouchless marsupials of South America of the family Caenolestidae in the order Paucituberculata.

Inflected Forms

shrew opossums (plural)

Synonyms

caenolestid shrew possum

Questions

What does shrew opossum mean?: Any of the small, shrew-like, pouchless marsupials of South America of the family Caenolestidae in the order Paucituberculata.

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