The meaning of Didelphous and additional information.

Didelphic(a.) Having the uterus double; of or pertaining to the Didelphia.

Didelphous(a.) Didelphic.

Didelphous(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.