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noun
Any arboreal marsupial of most genera of the family Phalangeridae, native to northern Australia, New Guinea, and Indonesia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
vetiver
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: India, uncountable
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Synonyms: khus
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noun
woolly-haired monkey-like arboreal marsupial of New Guinea and northern Australia
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: phalanger, opossum, possum
History
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.
Across languages
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
