Etymology

Leadbeater's possum

Today it means: Gymnobelideus leadbeateri, an endangered possum of Australia. Full definition →

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

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.