cuscus

Signification (Anglais)

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

Concepts

cuscus

couscous

Synonymes

phalanger

possum

opossum

couscous

marsupial

yellow-footed rock wallaby

Traductions

Kuskus

cusco

cuscus

cuscús

Pseudocheirus forbesi

Phalanger maculatus

Petrogalexanthropus

kichern

Cuscus

cuscussos

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈkʌs.kəs/

Étymologie (Anglais)

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.