cuscus

Betekenis (Engels)

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

Synoniemen

phalanger

possum

opossum

couscous

marsupial

yellow-footed rock wallaby

Vertalingen

Kuskus

cuscús

cuscus

cusco

cuscus

Phalanger maculatus

cuscussos

Petrogalexanthropus

Pseudocheirus forbesi

kichern

Cuscus

couscous

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈkʌs.kəs/

Etymologie (Engels)

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.