Assertion: virginia opossum | /r/Synonym | possum
Facets:
value: generally
type: DEGREE
value: usually
type: TEMPORAL
value: simply
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: Colloquially, the Virginia opossum is frequently called simply "possum".
text: In the United States and Canada, the only species found is the Virginia opossum, and it is generally referred to as a "possum", but should not be confused with the suborder Phalangeriformes, which are arboreal marsupials in the Eastern Hemisphere that are also called "possums" because of their resemblance to the Didelphimorphia.
text: The Virginia Opossum is usually just called opossum or possum, so we’ll mostly do that here, in the spirit of convention, as well as space-saving and word flow.