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PRONUNCIATION OF BRUSH-TAILED POSSUM

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BRUSH-TAILED POSSUM

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Brush-Tailed possum is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BRUSH-TAILED POSSUM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of brush-tailed possum in the English dictionary

The definition of brush-tailed possum in the dictionary is any of several widely-distributed Australian possums of the genus Trichosurus.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BRUSH-TAILED POSSUM

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brush up
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brush-tail possum
brush-tailed phalanger
brush-tailed phascogale
brush-up
brushability
brushback
brushed
brushed cotton
brusher
brushier
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brushland
brushless

WORDS THAT END LIKE BRUSH-TAILED POSSUM

alyssum
brush-tail possum
crissum
fideicommissum
grassum
odontoglossum
opossum
play possum
possum
pygmy possum
ringtail possum
sargassum
sweet alyssum

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

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Translation of «brush-tailed possum» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BRUSH-TAILED POSSUM

Find out the translation of brush-tailed possum to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of brush-tailed 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-tailed possum» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

刷尾负鼠
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

possum cola de cepillo
570 millions of speakers

English

brush-tailed possum
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ब्रश पूंछ Possum
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تمارض الذيل فرشاة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

щетка хвостом опоссума
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

possum rabo de escova
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বুরুশ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

opossum brosse à queue
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Possum berus gigi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Bürstenschwanz - Opossum
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ブラシにつかれたポッサム
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

브러쉬 꼬리 주머니쥐
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mayle brush-tailed
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thú có túi bàn chải đuôi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தூரிகை வாலின் சாத்தியம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ब्रश-पूड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Fırça kuyruklu possum
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

possum pennello a coda
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

brush- tailed opos
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

щітка хвостом опосума
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

coada - perie oposum
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

βούρτσα ουρά possum
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kwas stert buidelrat
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

pensel -tailed pungråtta
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

brush- tailed possum
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of brush-tailed possum

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BRUSH-TAILED POSSUM»

The term «brush-tailed possum» is used very little and occupies the 188.542 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BRUSH-TAILED POSSUM» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about brush-tailed possum

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BRUSH-TAILED POSSUM»

Discover the use of brush-tailed possum in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to brush-tailed possum and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Comparative Ecology
2.30 the curves are of type B to type A. The ringtail possum Pseudocheirus peregrinus lives in a forest habitat and builds a nest while the brush-tailed possum Trichosurus vulpecula lives in the woodland of eucalypts and uses tree holes.
Yoshiaki Itō, Jiro Kikkawa, 1980
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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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The Neurobiology of Australian Marsupials: Brain Evolution ...
Electrophysiological mapping has identified this area in all species examined: brush-tailed possum (Adey and Kerr, 1954; Coleman et al., 1999; Elston and Manger, 1999; Huffman et al., 1999a), and northern quoll and striped possum ( Figure ...
Ken Ashwell, 2010
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New Zealand Journal of Zoology
Keywords brush-tailed possum; Trichosurus vulpécula; live-trapping; radio- tracking; poplar; Populus euramericana; possum movement; possum control; Canterbury Received 28 June 1984; accepted 9 November 1984 INTRODUCTION Since ...
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New Zealand Journal of Zoology
Keywords brush-tailed possum; Trichosurus vulpécula: sex ratios; age distributions; trapping bias INTRODUCTION Damage by the brush-tailed possum , Trichosurus vulpécula, to New Zealand's forest and agricultural ecosystems has led to ...
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Descending Pathways to the Spinal Cord
However, in the Tasmanian potoroo and the Tasmanian brush-tailed possum, a few fibers terminate in lamina VII. Moreover, in the Tasmanian brush-tailed possum, the corticospinal termination area spreads over the lateral parts of laminae IV, ...
H. G. J. M. Kuypers, G. F. Martin, 2011
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New Zealand Journal of Zoology
Dunnet, G. M. 1956: A live-trapping study of the brush- tailed possum Trichosurus vulpecula Kerr (Marsupialia). CSIRO wildlife research I: 1-18. Dunnet, G. M. 1964 : A field study of local populations of the brush-tailed possum Trichosurus ...
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Hormones and Reproduction of Vertebrates
In tammars, there is a short-lived LH surge followed one to two days later by ovulation (Sutherland et al., 1980; Harder et al., 1985) and a similar pattern is seen in the brush-tailed possum with a short-lived LH surge coincident with behavioral ...
David O. Norris, Kristin H. Lopez, 2010
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A Bush Capital Year: A Natural History of the Canberra Region
A beam of light from the opening kitchen door shows that the victor is no cat though, but an angry, muttering Brush-tailed Possum. A quick scurry now and he's up into the wattle where he watches, with little evident concern, from a branch three ...
Ian Fraser, Peter Marsack, 2011
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Elsevier's Dictionary of Mammals
... 5245 Brush-tailed Porcupine 455 Brush-tailed Porcupines Buff-nosed Rat Kangaroo 808 Buffon's Kob 3065 Burmese Ferret-Badger 3645 Burmese Hare 3248 453 Brush-tailed Possum 7123 Brush-tailed Possums 7120 Brush-tailed Rabbit ...
Murray Wrobel, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BRUSH-TAILED POSSUM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term brush-tailed possum is used in the context of the following news items.
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Brush-tailed possum makes a comeback
Brush-tailed possum makes a comeback Brush-tailed possum is making a long-overdue comeback in the Flinders Ranges. Photo: ABC. «Yahoo7 News, Jul 15»
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Possums return to SA's Flinders Ranges after 50 years
Images. Click an image to enlarge; Brush-tailed possum. From the Archives. Sri Lanka is now taking stock of the country's 26-year-long civil war ... «ABC Science Online, Jun 15»
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Unitywater knit pouches for sick animals at Australia Zoo's Wildlife …
Samson the common brush-tailed possum inside a hand-knitted pouch, recovering from a punctured lung caused by a dog attack. Photo: Alex ... «Brisbane Times, Apr 15»
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Threat leads NZ authorities to ask about local plant's customers
... Department of Conservation, which has resorted to using the pesticide to kill off a thriving, invasive population of the brush-tailed possum. «Anniston Star, Mar 15»
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Don't shoot the mistletoebird!
THE Australian brush-tailed possum, an effective mistletoe-control agent in eastern Australia, numbers among introduced animals blamed for a worrying decline ... «Cowra Community News, Feb 15»
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Extinct species get hope under an ambitious plan to turn back the …
... but could include the bilby, numbat, brush-tailed possum, bridled nail-tail wallaby, western barred bandicoot, eastern quoll, eastern bettong, ... «The Daily Telegraph, Apr 14»
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Hope for native animals after bushfires in Australia - WIRES
After fires ripped through the Blue Mountains, NSW Australia, a six-year old female brush-tailed possum and her joey suffering from smoke ... «InSerbia News, Dec 13»
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Many birds under threat as conservationists hunt for answers
The population boost was due to conservationists putting collars on nesting trees, which stopped the brush-tailed possum from raiding the ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jun 13»
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Possums eating rare birds
AMANDA EDWORTHY: We've had one confirmed predation event so far and that's been of a brush-tailed possum. That possum climbed up to ... «ABC Online, Dec 12»
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Vienna Resident Completes New Zealand Expedition
... areas are also home to a variety of introduced mammals such as European red deer, Austrian chamois, and Australian brush-tailed possum. «Virginia Connection Newspapers, Oct 12»

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