Like some New World monkeys, opossums have prehensile tails. Like all marsupials, the fur consists of awn hair only, and the females have a pouch. The tail and parts of the feet bear scutes. The stomach is simple, with a small cecum. Notably, the male opossum has a forked penis bearing twin glandes.
As nouns the difference between steak and stake is that steak is a slice of beef, broiled or cut for broiling while stake is a piece of wood or other material, usually long and slender, pointed at one end so as to be easily driven into the ground as a marker or a support or stay.
1 stake. noun \ËstÄk\. Tweet. : a pointed stick or post that is pushed into the ground especially to mark a place or to support something. the stake: a post that a person was tied to and burned on in the past as a form of punishment. stakes: something (such as money) that you could win or lose in a game, contest, etc. stake. noun \ËstÄk\. Tweet. : a pointed stick or post that is pushed into the ground especially to mark a place or to support something. the stake: a post that a person was tied to and burned on in the past as a form of punishment. stakes: something (such as money) that you could win or lose in a game, contest, etc.