Hyphenation of opossum

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

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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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