"cuscus" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈkʌs.kəs/, /ˈkuːs.kuːs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cuscus.wav [Southern-England] Forms: cuscuses [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌskəs Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|NL.|Cuscus}} New Latin Cuscus, {{der|en|fr|-}} French, {{der|en|nl|koeskoes}} Dutch koeskoes Head templates: {{en-noun}} cuscus (plural cuscuses)
  1. Any of various arboreal marsupials of New Guinea and northern Australia. Categories (lifeform): Marsupials Derived forms: Australian spotted cuscus, grey cuscus, southern common cuscus, spotted cuscus, Woodlark cuscus Translations (marsupial): wown (Abau), kuskus (Finnish), Kuskus [masculine] (German), Cuscus [dated, masculine] (German), cusco [masculine] (Italian), tseelkǫǫhí (Navajo), kuskus [masculine] (Polish), cusco (Portuguese), куску́с (kuskús) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-cuscus-en-noun-RwqPKgEq Disambiguation of Marsupials: 59 41
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} cuscus (uncountable)
  1. Dated spelling of couscous. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-cuscus-en-noun-YUJxVeiD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 56 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 29 71
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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