Definition of cuscus
plural cuscus
also cuscuses
: any of several possums (see possum 2) (as of the genera Phalanger and Spilocuscus of the family Phalangeridae) of New Guinea and northern Australia
- Cuscus, tree-dwelling marsupials can also be observed as they move through the canopy in slow motion.
- —Robert H. Mohelenbrock
