Cuscus Definition

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noun
Any of a genus (Phalanger, family Phalangeridae) of sluggish, tree-dwelling phalangers native to NE Australia and nearby islands, mostly herbivorous with foxlike ears and a prehensile tail.
Webster's New World

(zoology) A type of marsupial from New Guinea; the tree kangaroo.

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Other Word Forms of Cuscus

Noun

Singular:
cuscus
Plural:
cuscuses

Origin of Cuscus

  • New Latin Cuscus former genus name ultimately (probably via Dutch koeskoes) from a local word for the marsupials in a language of the Moluccas

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Cuscus Sentence Examples

  • Mammals are not numerous; they include the cuscus, several species of bat, and some rats of great size.

  • The fauna includes buffaloes, a marsupial cuscus, some bats, the beautiful scarlet lory, rare varieties of the ground-thrush, honey-eater and oriole.

  • Owing to the deep water between Timor and the Arafura Sea, the fauna of Timor presents scarcely any Australian types beyond a marsupial cuscus.

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