cuscus
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[edit]Etymology 1
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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.[1][2]
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈkʌs.kəs/, /ˈkuːs.kuːs/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ʌskəs
Noun
[edit]cuscus (plural cuscuses)
- Any of various arboreal marsupials of New Guinea and northern Australia.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]marsupial
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]cuscus (uncountable)
References
[edit]- ^ “cuscus”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
- ^ “cuscus”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
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- en:Marsupials