cuscus
Meaning
Any arboreal marsupial of genera Ailurops, Phalanger, Spilocuscus, and Strigocuscus, all in the family Phalangeridae, native to Australia.
Translations
Kuskus
cuscús
cuscus
cusco
cuscus
Phalanger maculatus
cuscussosPronounced as (IPA)
/ˈkʌs.kəs/
Etymology
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.
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