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n. - Woolly-haired monkey-like arboreal marsupial of New Guinea and northern Australia.

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  • On considering what the animal could be, I recollected one called the cuscus, a picture of which I had seen in one of Mr Hooker's books.
  • I thought cuscus was an alternative spelling of couscous.
  • September 11th, 2009 at 8:29 am silky cuscus silky cuscus
  • Spotted cuscus ( '' Spilocuscus sp. ''), Irian Jaya, Indonesia.
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