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Webster 1913 Edition


Potto


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


Potto

Potto

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English

Proper noun

Potto

  1. A village in North Yorkshire

potto

potto

See also: Potto

English

Noun

potto (plural pottos)

  1. 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.
  2. (now rare) The kinkajou. [from 18th c.]

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