Crossword clues for cuscus
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cuscus \Cus"cus\, n. [The same word as Couscous, fr. F. couscous couscous, Ar. kuskus.] (Bot.) A soft grass ( Pennisetum typhoideum) found in all tropical regions, used as food for men and cattle in Central Africa.
Wiktionary
n. 1 A type of marsupial from New Guinea; the tree kangaroo. 2 (dated form of couscous English)
WordNet
n. woolly-haired monkey-like arboreal marsupial of New Guinea and northern Australia
Wikipedia
Cuscus is the common name generally given to the species within the four genera of Australasian possum:
- Ailurops
- Phalanger
- Spilocuscus
- Strigocuscus
The name is also applied in parts of Indonesia to the Sunda slow loris where people do not distinguish this from the "Kuskus" possums.
Usage examples of "cuscus".
They also went on long trading expeditions to procure canoes, cuscus teeth, pigs, slaves, and so forth, which on their return they generally sold at a considerable profit.
He had followed the advice of a Melanesian boy and every night he had applied wisps of kunai grass soaked in the urine of the Cuscus or Coconut Possum.