Hyphenation of possum

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

pos-sum

Definitions of possum:

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

Synonyms of possum:

noun	opossum, marsupial, pouched mammal
noun	phalanger, opossum, marsupial, pouched mammal

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

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