Cuscus
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈkʌs.kəs/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Cuscus is a noun meaning Any arboreal marsupial of most genera of the family Phalangeridae, native to northern Australia, New Guinea, and Indonesia.
Meaning
Any arboreal marsupial of most genera of the family Phalangeridae, native to northern Australia, New Guinea, and Indonesia.
More Meanings
- (India) vetiver
Example Sentences
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.
Word Forms
- cuscuses
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include spotted, kusimanse, kusimansel, cuniculid, kaguan, kukang.
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