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CUSCUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cuscus mean?
• CUSCUS (noun)
The noun CUSCUS has 1 sense:
1. woolly-haired monkey-like arboreal marsupial of New Guinea and northern Australia
Familiarity information: CUSCUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Woolly-haired monkey-like arboreal marsupial of New Guinea and northern Australia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("cuscus" is a kind of...):
opossum; phalanger; possum (small furry Australian arboreal marsupials having long usually prehensile tails)
Holonyms ("cuscus" is a member of...):
genus Phalanger (type genus of the family Phalangeridae: cuscuses)
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