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kinkajou
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun kinkajou has 2 senses
- kinkajou(n = noun.animal) honey bear, potos caudivolvulus, potos flavus, potto - arboreal fruit-eating mammal of tropical America with a long prehensile tail; Array is a kind of procyonid
- kinkajou(n = noun.animal) perodicticus potto, potto - a kind of lemur; Array is a kind of lemur
is a member of genus potos, potos
is a member of genus perodicticus, perodicticus
CIDE DICTIONARY
kinkajou, n. [F. kinkajou, quincajou, from the native American name.].
A nocturnal carnivorous mammal (Cercoleptes caudivolvulus ) of South America, about as large as a full-grown cat. It has a prehensile tail and lives in trees. It is the only representative of a distinct family (Cercoleptidæ ) allied to the raccoons. Called also potto , and honey bear . [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
kinkajou, n. a Central and S. American nocturnal fruit-eating mammal, Potos flavus, with a prehensile tail and living in trees.
Etymology
F quincajou f. N.Amer. Ind.: cf. Algonquin kwingwaage wolverine
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