noun
pl. -·tos a slow-moving, large-eyed central African prosimian primate (Perodicticus potto) of the same family as the lorises and angwantibos
Origin of potto
from name in a Niger-Congo language, as in Wolof pata, a kind of tailless monkeypotto
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potto
noun
pl. pot·tosAny of several small nocturnal insect-eating African primates of the genera Perodicticus and Arctocebus, having a pointed snout, large eyes and ears, a stumplike index finger, and a very short tail.
Origin of potto
Of Niger-Congo origin perhaps akin to Wolof pata a tailless monkey or Akan (Twi) ap&irevc;s&irevc; a fierce monkeylike animalTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(plural pottos)
- A small primate, Perodicticus potto, native to the tropical rainforests of Africa. [from 18th c.]
- (now rare) The kinkajou. [from 18th c.]
Origin
From a West African language; compare Akan apɔsɔ.
Proper noun
- A village in North Yorkshire
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