possum

Two hours east of Dallas, sun-drenched granite cliffs loom high above the cloudy waters of Possum Kingdom Lake.

He was also called “Possum,” because he looked like one, especially when he grinned.

Congress has been a dull place since he and his possum-shaped wig left for federal prison.

Why not, he asked himself, "play possum" with the man and the dog, and pretend to be badly hurt and unconscious?

It's more of a coma, something like the hibernation of a bear or a possum.

Bruno, satis admirari non possum quid agas vt tot pecunias consumas.

Davey slept peacefully on the bed among the grey 'possum furs she had wrapped round him.

"Showing him the ring-tail 'possum's nest in the tree at the back of the cow-yard," she said eagerly.