potto
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Noun (2)
- arboreal fruit-eating mammal of tropical America with a long prehensile tailSynonyms: kinkajouhoney bearPotos flavusPotos caudivolvulusType of procyonidMember of Potos, genus Potos
- a kind of gray-brown lemur (Perodicticus potto)Synonyms: kinkajouPerodicticus pottoType of lemurMember of Perodicticus, genus Perodicticus
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Pot′to noun
Zoology (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.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54