cuscus

Значение (Английский)

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

Синонимы

phalanger

possum

opossum

couscous

marsupial

yellow-footed rock wallaby

Переводы

Kuskus

cuscús

cuscus

cusco

cuscus

Phalanger maculatus

cuscussos

Petrogalexanthropus

Pseudocheirus forbesi

kichern

Cuscus

couscous

Произносится как (IPA)

/ˈkʌs.kəs/

Этимология (Английский)

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.