family didelphidae

English Thesaurus

1. opossums (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	mammal family,
definition	:	a family of mammals (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	opossum, possum,
definition	:	nocturnal arboreal marsupial having a naked prehensile tail found from southern North America to northern South America (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	didelphis, genus didelphis,
definition	:	type genus of the family Didelphidae (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	marsupialia, order marsupialia,
definition	:	coextensive with the subclass Metatheria (noun.animal)