cuscus
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cuscus¹
- /ˈkʌs.kəs/
- /ˈkuːs.kuːs/
Rhymes with -ʌskəs
Where it comes from
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.
noun cuscuses
- 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.
cuscus²
noun
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vetiver
Similar: khus
Translations
Talk about this word "cuscus." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/cuscus. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. cuscus. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/cuscus "cuscus." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/cuscus.Cite this
@misc{cuscus_2026,
title = {cuscus},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cuscus},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
