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brush-tail possum

Meaning of "brush-tail possum" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF BRUSH-TAIL POSSUM

ˈbrʌʃˌteɪl ˈpɒsəm


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BRUSH-TAIL POSSUM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Brush-Tail possum is a noun.
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WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BRUSH-TAIL POSSUM

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BRUSH-TAIL POSSUM

brush aside · brush border · brush discharge · brush fire · brush flower · brush maker · brush off · brush turkey · brush up · brush-off · brush-tailed phalanger · brush-tailed phascogale · brush-tailed possum · brush-up · brushability · brushback · brushed · brushed cotton · brusher · brushier

WORDS THAT END LIKE BRUSH-TAIL POSSUM

adsum · Aksum · alyssum · brush-tailed possum · checksum · crissum · dim sum · fideicommissum · grassum · helichrysum · Hilversum · lump sum · pensum · play possum · pygmy possum · ringtail possum · sargassum · sum · sweet alyssum · zero-sum

Synonyms and antonyms of brush-tail possum in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «brush-tail possum» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BRUSH-TAIL POSSUM

Find out the translation of brush-tail possum to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of brush-tail possum from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «brush-tail possum» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

刷尾负鼠
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

zarigüeya cepillo - cola
570 millions of speakers
en

English

brush-tail possum
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

ब्रश पूंछ Possum
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

فرشاة الذيل تمارض
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

щетка - хвост опоссума
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

escova -tail gambá
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

বুরুশ পুচ্ছ
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

brosse - queue opossum
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Possum berus gigi
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

BürstenschwanzPossum
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

ブラシテイルポッサム
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

브러시 꼬리 주머니쥐
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Mayle brush-tail
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bàn chải đuôi thú có túi
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

தூரிகை வால்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

ब्रश-शेपूट
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

Fırça kuyruğu zehirlenmesi
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

pennello - tail possum
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

ogon opos szczotka
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

щітка - хвіст опосума
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

perie - coada oposum
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

possum βούρτσα - ουρά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kwas - stert buidelrat
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

pensel - svans pungråtta
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

brush- tail possum
5 millions of speakers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BRUSH-TAIL POSSUM»

Discover the use of brush-tail possum in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to brush-tail possum and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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International Wildlife Encyclopedia: Brown bear - cheetah
They are also frequently found living in the roof-spaces of houses, even those that are located in the suburbs of large towns. All three species of brush tail possum appear to be indifferent to humans. They may allow themselves to be stroked, ...
‎2002
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Library of Congress Subject Headings
T75 (Veterinary pest)] UF Australian brush-tailed opossum Australian brushtail possum Brush-tail possum Brush-tailed opossum, Australian Brush-tailed possum, Common Brushtail opossum Brushtail possum, Australian Brushtail possum, ...
Library of Congress. Cataloging Policy and Support Office, 2006
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Microbiology Australia
Cat 1, 1496 Cat6, 1496 Dog 9, 1495 DOG 4864, 625 Brush Tail Possum 104, 1454 Brush Tail Possum 107, 1498 CAT 3492, 921 Coyotel .3, 1 501 Brush Tail Possum 201, 1490 Wolf 1, 1482 Brush Tail Possum 204, 1427 CAT 3498, 943 .
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Mammalogy
Phalangerids are omnivorous and are known to eat a wide variety of plant material, as well as insects, young birds, and bird eggs. The brush-tail possum ( Trichosurus vulpecula) is one of the most familiar Australian mammals (Figure 6- 23), ...
Professor Emeritus Northern Arizona University Terry A Vaughan, Terry A. Vaughan, James M. Ryan, 2013
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Predators with Pouches: The Biology of Carnivorous Marsupials
N.J., Holland, M.K., & Breed, W.G. ( 1 998), 'Protein synthesis and secretion by the epididymis of the brush-tail possum, Trichosurus vulpecula',j Reprod Fertil, 1 14: 1 69-77. Leyton, C., & Saling, P. ( 1 989), '95 kDa sperm proteins bind ZP3 and ...
Menna Jones, Chris R. Dickman, Mike Archer, 2003
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Advanced Dairy Chemistry: Volume 1A: Proteins: Basic ...
Amino acid residues conserved in B-Iactoglchulin sequences of platypus, tammar wallaby, brush tail possum, horse, cattle, sheep, goat and pig. Srgnolpeptidefn=l£ j Link—g " ---- "g; aa sequence In = 162] m ——————— ——:.
Paul L. H. McSweeney, Patrick F. Fox, 2013
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LIFE
THE GOLDEN POSSUM, a variant of the brush-tail possum whose fur is lighter because it is a partial albino, sits atop a limb at dawn. Silent in defense, the possum is raucous in its domestic squabbles. A FULL ALBINO, a freak of the brush-tail ...
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Possums: The Brushtails, Ringtails and Greater Glider
Biggins, JG & Overstreet, DH (1978) Aggressive and nonaggressive interactions among captive populations of the Brush-tail Possum, Tric/iosurus vulpecula, ( Marsupialia : Phalangeridae),;. Mammalogy 59: 149-59. Dunnet, GM (1964) A field ...
Anne Kerle, 2001
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Gwanpa and Nanny's Home
Russell R Standish and Ella, Russell R. Standish. possums in America but the ones here in Australia are very different. At Highwood, there are two tnges of possums. One is called a brush-tail possum. These have very bushy tails. The other is ...
Russell R Standish and Ella, Russell R. Standish, 2003
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Marsupial Genetics and Genomics
Fidler AE, Lawrence SB, Vanmontfort DM, Tisdall DJ, McNatty KP (1998) The Australian brush- tail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) gonadotrophin alpha- subunit: analysis of cDNA sequence and pattern of expression. J Mol Endocrinol  ...
Janine E. Deakin, Paul D. Waters, Jennifer A. Marshall Graves, 2010

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BRUSH-TAIL POSSUM»

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New Zealand 100% Pure: Shattering the Illusion of Green, Clean …
For example, take the brush-tail possum on which 100 million dollars a year is spent. The Brush-tail possum is portrayed to be a bush-stripping, ... «Huffington Post, Jul 14»
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Family find mummified possum… or is it a rat?
Canterbury Museum vertebrate expert Paul Scofield then declared him a mummified Australian brush-tail possum. He says that the possum ... «3News NZ, Jul 12»
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