simple past tense and past participle of possum

(US) An opossum, a marsupial of the family Didelphidae of the Americas. / Any of the marsupials in several families of the order Diprotodontia of Australia and neighboring islands.

(intransitive) To play possum; to feign sleep, illness, or death.

plural of possum

present participle of possum

(idiomatic) To feign death; to remain quiet and still to escape attention or remain undetected; to lie low. / (idiomatic) To feign sleep, illness, etc.

present participle of play possum

(colloquial) A makeshift compartment underneath a wagon. / (railroad) A toolbox under the caboose.

plural of honey possum

Tarsipes rostratus, a tiny nectarivorous Australian marsupial of Western Australia.