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Definition: Cuscus |
CuscusNoun1. Woolly-haired monkey-like arboreal marsupial of New Guinea and North Australia. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Cuscus \Cus"cus\, noun. [The same word as Couscous, from French couscous couscous, Ar. kuskus.]. (Websters 1913) |
Crosswords: Cuscus |
| Non-English Usage: "Cuscus" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Romanian (kouskous). |
| "Cuscus" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 80.00% of the time. "Cuscus" is used about 5 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 80% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Noun (plural) | 20% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 5 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "cuscus": Cuscus oil. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
cuscus | 18 |
cuscus spotted | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "cuscus"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Danish | plettet kuskus (spotted cuscus), Phalanger orientalis (grey cuscus), graa kuskus (grey cuscus). (various references) | ||||||||||
Dutch | grijze koeskoes (grey cuscus), gevlekte koeskoes (spotted cuscus). (various references) | ||||||||||
French | couscous tacheté (spotted cuscus), couscous gris (grey cuscus). (various references) | ||||||||||
German | grauer Kuskus (grey cuscus), gefleckter Kuskus (spotted cuscus). (various references) | ||||||||||
Greek | στικτό κουσκούς (spotted cuscus), γκρίζο κουσκούς (grey cuscus). (various references) | ||||||||||
Italian | Phalanger orientalis (grey cuscus). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | uscuscay cuscuz malhado (spotted cuscus), cuscuz cinzento (grey cuscus). (various references) | ||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Phalanger maculatus, Phalanger orientalis. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "cuscus": cuscuses. (additional references) | |
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"Cuscus" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: cdu-csu, Coskunsu, couscos, cucu, cuscuss, Cuscuta, cusscuss, cuzcos, fuscus, muscus. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "cuscus" (pronounced 'Cus"cus'): Abaciscus, Ascococcus, Ascus, Asteriscus, Cercus, Circus, Coccus, Cytococcus, Damascus, Echinococcus, Ficus, Floccus, Glaucus, gonococcus, incus, lemniscus, locus, Macacus, Mancus, Manducus, meniscus, Micrococcus, Mucus, Ovococcus, Picus, Pneumococcus, Propithecus, Protococcus, Saccus, Sambucus, Spermococcus, streptococcus, succus, sulcus, umbilicus, uncus, Viscus. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-c-s-s-u-u" | |
-2 letters: cuss. | |
-4 letters: us. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-c-s-s-u-u" | |
+1 letter: succuss. | |
+2 letters: caucuses, couscous, cuscuses, sacculus, succours, succubas, succubus, succumbs. | |
+3 letters: caucussed, caucusses, succussed, succusses, unsuccess. | |
+4 letters: calculuses, caucussing, couscouses, fasciculus, successful, succubuses, succulents, succussing. | |
+5 letters: circumfuses, conspicuous, crepuscules, crustaceous, succulences, unconscious, unsuccesses. | |
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