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Example sentences for "cuscus"

Lexicographically close words:
curveting; curvetting; curvilinear; curving; curyous; cuse; cushat; cushion; cushioned; cushioning
  1. It was a very fine specimen of Cuscus maculatus, quite tame, and kept in a large cage of split bamboo.

  2. This name is applied to the opossums of the genus Cuscus which the Torres Strait Islanders occasionally procure from New Guinea.

  3. The figure represents Cuscus ornatus, a new species discovered by me in Batchian, and which also inhabits Ternate.

  4. A species of Cuscus or Eastern opossum is also found at Banda, and this may be truly indigenous in the sense of not having been introduced by man.

  5. Like the Cuscus of the Moluccas, the Galeopithecus feeds chiefly on leaves, and possesses a very voluminous stomach and long convoluted intestines.

  6. An Eastern opossum, Cuscus orientalis; found also in the Moluccas, if not a distinct species.

  7. They carried away the whole of the cuscus and part of the kangaroo.

  8. Cuscus held on by his long prehensile tail; but Macco pulled and pulled, and down the animal came with a flop to the ground.

  9. We therefore proposed returning with the cuscus to our hut.

  10. We hoped to have no difficulty in procuring a cuscus occasionally, and as there were evidently many birds on the island, to trap them or kill them in some other way.

  11. On examining our larder, we found that the flesh of the cuscus was still perfectly fresh.

  12. Just, however, as he was approaching, cuscus let go his hold, hanging down by his tail.

  13. They also went on long trading expeditions to procure canoes, cuscus teeth, pigs, slaves, and so forth, which on their return they generally sold at a considerable profit.


  14. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "cuscus" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.