Opossum
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

2 letters

OX
Any of various wild bovines especially of the genera Bos or closely related Bibos

3 letters

APE
Represent in or produce a caricature of; "The drawing caricatured the President"

ASS
Hardy and sure-footed animal smaller and with longer ears than the horse

BAR
The act of preventing; "there was no bar against leaving"; "money was allocated to study the cause and prevention of influenza"

BAT
Beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight; "We licked the other team on Sunday!"

CAT
Any of several large cats typically able to roar and living in the wild

COW
Mature female of mammals of which the male is called `bull'

DOG
A member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds; "the dog barked all night"

ELK
Common deer of temperate Europe and Asia

FOX
Alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail; most are predators that do not hunt in packs

GNU
Large African antelope having a head with horns like an ox and a long tufted tail

HOG
A sheep up to the age of one year; one yet to be sheared

PIG
Domestic swine

RAT
Any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse

ROE
The egg mass or spawn of certain crustaceans such as the lobster

YAK
Large long-haired wild ox of Tibet often domesticated

4 letters

APAR
South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates

BEAR
Massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws

CAVY
Short-tailed rough-haired South American rodent

DEER
Distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers

EYRA
Long-bodied long-tailed tropical American wildcat

GOAT
Any of numerous agile ruminants related to sheep but having a beard and straight horns

HARE
Flesh of any of various rabbits or hares (wild or domesticated) eaten as food

IBEX
Wild goat of mountain areas of Eurasia and northern Africa having large recurved horns

LION
Large gregarious predatory feline of Africa and India having a tawny coat with a shaggy mane in the male

LYNX
A text browser

MARA
Hare-like rodent of the pampas of Argentina

MINK
Slender-bodied semiaquatic mammal having partially webbed feet; valued for its fur

MOLE
Small velvety-furred burrowing mammal having small eyes and fossorial forefeet

MONK
United States jazz pianist who was one of the founders of the bebop style (1917-1982)

MULE
Hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse; usually sterile

OONT

PUMA
Large American feline resembling a lion

SIKA
Small deer of Japan with slightly forked antlers

URUS
Large recently extinct long-horned European wild ox; considered one of the ancestors of domestic cattle

VOLE
Any of various small mouselike rodents of the family Cricetidae (especially of genus Microtus) having a stout short-tailed body and inconspicuous ears and inhabiting fields or meadows

WOLF
A cruelly rapacious person

ZEBU
Domesticated ox having a humped back and long horns and a large dewlap; used chiefly as a draft animal in India and east Asia

5 letters

BISON
Any of several large humped bovids having shaggy manes and large heads and short horns

BURRO
Small donkey used as a pack animal

CAMEL
Cud-chewing mammal used as a draft or saddle animal in desert regions

CHIMP
Intelligent somewhat arboreal ape of equatorial African forests

COYPU
Aquatic South American rodent resembling a small beaver; bred for its fur

DINGO
Wolflike yellowish-brown wild dog of Australia

ELAND
Either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus having short spirally twisted horns in both sexes

FITCH
Dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odor when threatened

GENET
Agile Old World viverrine having a spotted coat and long ringed tail

HORSE
Solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times

HYENA
Doglike nocturnal mammal of Africa and southern Asia that feeds chiefly on carrion

HYRAX
Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes

KAAMA

KOALA
Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with grey furry ears and coat; feeds on eucalyptus leaves and bark

LAPIN
Castrated male rabbit

LLAMA
Wild or domesticated South American cud-chewing animal related to camels but smaller and lacking a hump

MOOSE
Large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male; called `elk' in Europe and `moose' in North America

MOUSE
Any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails

OKAPI
Similar to the giraffe but smaller with much shorter neck and stripe on the legs

OTTER
Freshwater carnivorous mammal having webbed and clawed feet and dark brown fur

OUNCE
A unit of apothecary weight equal to 480 grains or one twelfth of a pound

PANDA
Large black-and-white herbivorous mammal of bamboo forests of China and Tibet; in some classifications considered a member of the bear family or of a separate family Ailuropodidae

POYOU
Argentine armadillo with six movable bands and hairy underparts

SABLE
Marten of northern Asian forests having luxuriant dark brown fur

SHEEP
Woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat

SHREW
Small mouselike mammal with a long snout; related to moles

SKUNK
American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled; in some classifications put in a separate subfamily Mephitinae

SLOTH
Apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins)

STOAT
The ermine in its brown summer coat with black-tipped tail

SWINE
Stout-bodied short-legged omnivorous animals

TAKIN
Large heavily built goat antelope of eastern Himalayan area

TAPIR
Large inoffensive chiefly nocturnal ungulate of tropical America and southeast Asia having a heavy body and fleshy snout

TATOU
About three feet long exclusive of tail

TIGER
Large feline of forests in most of Asia having a tawny coat with black stripes; endangered

ZEBRA
Any of several fleet black-and-white striped African equines

ZORIL
Muishond of northern Africa

6 letters

POSSUM
Small furry Australian arboreal marsupials having long usually prehensile tails

TARPAN
European wild horse extinct since the early 20th century

WEASEL
Small carnivorous mammal with short legs and elongated body and neck

WILDOX
Any of various wild bovines especially of the genera Bos or closely related Bibos

WOMBAT
Burrowing herbivorous Australian marsupials about the size of a badger

7 letters

AUROCHS
Large recently extinct long-horned European wild ox; considered one of the ancestors of domestic cattle

BETTONG
Short-nosed rat kangaroo

BLUEFOX
A variety of Arctic fox having a pale grey winter coat

BUFFALO
Any of several Old World animals resembling oxen including, e.g., water buffalo; Cape buffalo

CARABAO
Water buffalo of the Philippines

CARIBOU
Arctic deer with large antlers in both sexes; called `reindeer' in Eurasia and `caribou' in North America

CATTALO
Hardy breed of cattle resulting from crossing domestic cattle with the American buffalo; yields leaner beef than conventional breeds

CHAMOIS
A soft suede leather formerly from the skin of the chamois antelope but now from sheepskin

CHEETAH
Long-legged spotted cat of Africa and southwestern Asia having nonretractile claws; the swiftest mammal; can be trained to run down game

COONCAT
Raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white rings

ECHIDNA
A burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to Australia

FOUMART
Dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odor when threatened

GAZELLE
Small swift graceful antelope of Africa and Asia having lustrous eyes

GEMSBOK
Large South African oryx with a broad black band along its flanks

GIRAFFE
Tallest living quadruped; having a spotted coat and small horns and very long neck and legs; of savannahs of tropical Africa

GLUTTON
A person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess

GNUGOAT
Large heavily built goat antelope of eastern Himalayan area

GUANACO
Wild llama

HAMSTER
Short-tailed Old World burrowing rodent with large cheek pouches

JACKASS
Male donkey

KARAKUL
Hardy coarse-haired sheep of central Asia; lambs are valued for their soft curly black fur