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Opossum

2 stages from Powhatan to English.

Today it means a small marsupial native to the Americas, known for "playing dead"
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Stage 1 of 2
aposoum
Powhatan · pre-1600s
"opossum"
literally "white animal/dog"
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Stage 2 of 2
opossum
English · 1600s
"the pouched marsupial"
adopted by English colonists in Virginia
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