English Explanatory Dictionary

Leadbeater's possum

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Gymnobelideus leadbeateri, an endangered possum of Australia.

Word forms

Leadbeater's possum Leadbeater's possums

Etymology

Named in 1867 after John Leadbeater, taxidermist at the Museum Victoria.

Synonyms

fairy possum
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