cuscus en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
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- /ˈkuːs.kuːs/
- /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.
Meanings
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Any arboreal marsupial of most genera of the family Phalangeridae, native to northern Australia, New Guinea, and Indonesia.
Without eggs, cocoa-nuts, or plantains, we had very short commons, and the boisterous weather being unpropitious for fishing, we had to live on what few eatable birds we could shoot, with an occasional cuscus, or eastern opossum, the only quadruped, except pigs, inhabiting the island.
1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume II, London: Macmillan and Co., page 357:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| cuscuses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Waigeou spotted cuscus · Gebe cuscus · eastern common cuscus · Sulawesi bear cuscus · Talaud bear cuscus · Admiralty Island cuscus · black-spotted cuscus · Waigeou cuscus · Rothschild's cuscus · Telefomin cuscus · Banggai cuscus · spotted cuscus · Stein's cuscus · common spotted cuscus · blue-eyed cuscus · ornate cuscus · gray cuscus · northern common cuscus · Sulawesi dwarf cuscus · ground cuscus · silky cuscus · southern common cuscus · Woodlark cuscus · Australian spotted cuscus · mountain cuscus · blue-eyed spotted cuscus
Translations (17)
aau wown (marsupial) · nv tseelkǫǫhí (marsupial) · de Cuscus (marsupial) · mtj mioda (marsupial) · kzb makel (marsupial) · tev medar (marsupial) · bzp metwetu (marsupial) · nul makel (marsupial) · de Kuskus (marsupial) · erw matafeis (marsupial) · pl kuskus (marsupial) · fi kuskus (marsupial) · it cusco (marsupial) · ru куску́с (marsupial) · gzn do (marsupial) · pt cusco (marsupial) · hti mala (marsupial)