cuscus
English
editEtymology 1
editFrom 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
editcuscus (plural cuscuses)
- Any of various arboreal marsupials of New Guinea and northern Australia.
Derived terms
editTranslations
editmarsupial
Etymology 2
editNoun
editcuscus (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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