Etymology

didelphid

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Today it means: A member of Didelphidae; opossum Full definition →

Ancient Greek δελφύς
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromδελφύς“womb, uterus”
  2. English todaydidelphid

From di- + Ancient Greek δελφύς (delphús, “womb, uterus”) + -id.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekδελφύς all →

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