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cuscus

cus·cus

UK/ˈkʌs.kəs/ US/ˈkuːs.kuːs/ uncommon

noun

1.

woolly-haired monkey-like arboreal marsupial of New Guinea and northern Australia

Origin

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.

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