cuscus

Pronunciation: /ˈkʌs.kəs/

The English word “cuscus” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

Any arboreal marsupial of most genera of the family Phalangeridae, native to northern Australia, New Guinea, and Indonesia.
vetiver

Etymology

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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