Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for MAR'MOSE
MAR'MOSE, n.
An animal resembling the opossum, but less; the Didelphis Murina, of Cayenne and Surinam. Instead of a bag, this animal has two longitudinal folds near the thighs, which serve to inclose the young. Dict. Nat. Hist.
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