Assertion: opossum | /r/HasProperty | given its name
Facets:
value: by the english colonist
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: The possum (scientific name: Phalangeridae) was given its name because of its resemblance to the opossum of the Americas.
text: The opossum (scientific name: Didelphidae) was given its name by the English colonist John Smith of the Jamestown colony.
text: The possums were given that name because of the close semblance to the opossums of North America.