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potto
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun potto has 2 senses
- potto(n = noun.animal) honey bear, kinkajou, potos caudivolvulus, potos flavus - arboreal fruit-eating mammal of tropical America with a long prehensile tail; Array is a kind of procyonid
- potto(n = noun.animal) kinkajou, perodicticus 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
potto, n.
A nocturnal mammal (Perodictius potto ) of the Lemur family, found in West Africa. It has rudimentary forefingers. Called also aposoro , and bush dog . [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
potto, n. (pl. -os)
1 a W. African lemur-like mammal, Perodicticus potto.
2 a kinkajou.
1 a W. African lemur-like mammal, Perodicticus potto.
2 a kinkajou.
Etymology
perh. f. Guinea dial.
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