cuscus

Significat (Anglès)

Any arboreal marsupial of genera Ailurops, Phalanger, Spilocuscus, and Strigocuscus, all in the family Phalangeridae, native to Australia.

Conceptes

cuscussos

Sinònims

phalanger

possum

opossum

couscous

marsupial

yellow-footed rock wallaby

Traduccions

Kuskus

cuscús

cuscus

cusco

cuscus

kichern

Petrogalexanthropus

Pseudocheirus forbesi

Cuscus

couscous

Phalanger maculatus

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈkʌs.kəs/

Etimologia (Anglès)

From New Latin Cuscus, former genus name, ultimately (probably via French and Dutch koeskoes) from a local word for the marsupials in a language of the Moluccas.