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 Pos·sum n.  Zool. An opossum. [Colloq. U. S.]
 To play possum, To act possum, to feign ignorance, indifference or inattention, with the intent to deceive; to dissemble; -- in allusion to the habit of the opossum, which feigns death when attacked or alarmed.
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