yapok - meaning and definition. What is yapok
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What (who) is yapok - definition

SPECIES OF MAMMAL
Aquatic opossum; Chironectes minimus; Yapock; Chironectes; Water-Opossum; Yapok; Water Opossum; Water possum
  • Skull of a water opossum
  • Drawing of a water opossum

yapok         
['jap?k]
¦ noun a semiaquatic carnivorous opossum with dark-banded grey fur and webbed hind feet, native to tropical America. [Chironectes minimus.]
Origin
C19: from Oyapock, the name of a north Brazilian river.
Water opossum         
·- ·see Yapock, and the Note under Opossum.
water opossum         
¦ noun another term for yapok.

Wikipedia

Water opossum

The water opossum (Chironectes minimus), also locally known as the yapok (), is a marsupial of the family Didelphidae. It is the only living member of its genus, Chironectes. This semiaquatic creature is found in and near freshwater streams and lakes from Mexico through Central and South America to Argentina and is the most aquatic living marsupial (the lutrine opossum also has semiaquatic habits). It is also the only living marsupial in which both sexes have a pouch. The thylacine, commonly referred to as the Tasmanian tiger, also exhibited this trait, but it is now extinct.

The water opossum lives in bankside burrows, emerging after dusk to swim and search for fish, crustaceans and other aquatic animals, which it eats on the bank.