Cuscus
/ˈkʌs.kəs/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Any arboreal marsupial of genera Ailurops, Phalanger, Spilocuscus, and Strigocuscus, all in the family Phalangeridae, native to Australia.
- 2 vetiver India, uncountable
- 3 woolly-haired monkey-like arboreal marsupial of New Guinea and northern Australia wordnet
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All antonymsEtymology
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.