A small opossum, Monodelphis domestica, native South American rain forests, especially in Brazil, Paraguay, and Bolivia.

(idiomatic, colloquial) to exercise total control over someone.

A large expenditure of effort for a modest benefit.

plural of gray short-tailed opossum

Art is more enduring than life.

(cooking) Synonym of flanken short ribs (ribs cut across the bone, instead of along the bone) / (food) A Korean dish made from Korean-barbequed flanken ribs

(Britain, slang, humorous) Crazy; mad.

Circaetus gallicus, a medium-sized bird of prey in the family Accipitridae.

Calandrella brachydactyla, a small passerine bird.

(dated) To check someone or give them a curt answer.