Bible Dictionaries
Didelphous

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) Formerly, any marsupial; but the term is now restricted to an American genus which includes the opossums, of which there are many species. See Opossum. [Written also Didelphis.] See Illustration in Appendix.

(2):

(a.) Didelphic.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Didelphous'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​d/didelphous.html. 1828.