Didelphis

Didelphis
A genus of marsupials, commonly called opossums, that serve as reservoir hosts of Trypanosoma cruzi. D. marsupialis is the common North American variety; D. paraguayensis is a South American form. [G. di-, two, + delphys, womb]

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Di·del·phis dī-'del-fəs n a genus of marsupials (family Didelphidae) that includes the common opossum (D. virginiana) of the eastern U.S. and a few related tropical forms

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Di·del·phis (di-delґfis) [di- + Gr. delphys uterus] the opossums, a genus of marsupials; some species in South America are reservoirs of Trypanosoma cruzi.

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