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Webster 1913 Edition
Potto
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Pot′to
,Noun.
(Zool.)
(a)
A nocturnal mammal (
Perodictius potto
) of the Lemur family, found in West Africa. It has rudimentary forefingers. Called also aposoro
, and bush dog
. (b)
The kinkajou.
Definition 2024
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English
Noun
potto (plural pottos)
- A small primate, Perodicticus potto, native to the tropical rainforests of Africa. [from 18th c.]
- 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin 2006, p. 147:
- The forest hangs round them like a theater curtain, mist rising from the water, half-drowned things – jackals, monkeys, pottos, bushpigs – wading along with them, looking dazed and bearish.
- 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin 2006, p. 147:
- (now rare) The kinkajou. [from 18th c.]