Hyphenation of Opossum

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word Opossum? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

Opos-sum

Definitions of Opossum:

1.	Small furry Australian arboreal marsupials having long usually prehensile tails
2.	Nocturnal arboreal marsupial having a naked prehensile tail found from southern North America to northern South America

Synonyms of Opossum:

noun	phalanger, possum, marsupial, pouched mammal
noun	possum, marsupial, pouched mammal

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.