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Definition of Cuscus
1. Noun. Woolly-haired monkey-like arboreal marsupial of New Guinea and northern Australia.
Definition of Cuscus
1. n. A soft grass (Pennisetum typhoideum) found in all tropical regions, used as food for men and cattle in Central Africa.
Definition of Cuscus
1. Noun. (zoology) A type of marsupial from New Guinea ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cuscus
1. an arboreal mammal [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cuscus
Literary usage of Cuscus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1881)
"In both the Thylacine and cuscus the anterior primary divisions of the lumbar
nerves are six in number, but the part which these play in the formation of ..."
2. In Savage Isles and Settled Lands: Malaysia, Australasia and Polynesia, 1888 by Baden Fletcher Smyth Baden-Powell (1892)
"When dawn broke I discovered the unknown beast to be a fine large cuscus.
This animal is a kind of opossum or phalanger. There are several varieties. ..."
3. Catalogue of Books by Perth (W.A.). Public Library (1905)
"Sing, e<) Cox, |. C. Monograph of Australian land shells. S122, |2 Cunningham, 1).
|. Sume points in the anatomy »I the Thylacine, cuscus, ..."
4. New Guinea: What I Did and what I Saw by Luigi Maria D'Albertis (1880)
"... Guinea—A primeval forest in reality, as contrasted with a primeval forest in
imagination— Kangaroos—Spiders' webs—Birds—Faor Island—A huge lizard—cuscus ..."
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