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yapock
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yapock, n. [Probably from the river Oyapok, between French Guiana and Brazil.].
A South American aquatic opossum (Chironectes variegatus ) found in Guiana and Brazil. Its hind feet are webbed, and its fore feet do not have an opposable thumb for climbing. Called also water opossum . [1913 Webster]
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