cuscus

See also: Cuscus, cuscús, cúscús, and cușcuș

English

Etymology 1

Spilocuscus maculatus, the common spotted cuscus

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʌs.kəs/, /ˈkuːs.kuːs/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ʌskəs

Noun

cuscus (plural cuscuses)

1. Any of various arboreal marsupials of New Guinea and northern Australia.

Derived terms

• Australian spotted cuscus
• grey cuscus
• southern common cuscus
• spotted cuscus
• Woodlark cuscus

 

Translations

marsupial

• Abau: wown
• Finnish: kuskus (fi)
• German: Kuskus (de) m, (dated) Cuscus (de) m
• Italian: cusco m
• Navajo: tseelkǫǫhí
• Polish: kuskus (pl) m
• Portuguese: cusco (pt)
• Russian: куску́с (ru) m (kuskús)

Etymology 2

Noun

cuscus (uncountable)

1. Dated spelling of couscous.

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