Potto Definition
pŏtō
pottos
noun
pottos
Any 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.
American Heritage
A slow-moving, large-eyed central African prosimian primate (Perodicticus potto) of the same family as the lorises and angwantibos.
Webster's New World
(now rare) The kinkajou. [from 18th c.]
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
- Potos caudivolvulus
- Potos flavus
- honey-bear
- kinkajou
- Perodicticus potto
pronoun
A village in North Yorkshire.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Potto
Noun
Singular:
pottoPlural:
pottosOrigin of Potto
Of Niger-Congo origin perhaps akin to Wolof pata a tailless monkey or Akan (Twi) apↄsↄ a fierce monkeylike animal
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From a West African language; compare Akan apɔsɔ.
From Wiktionary
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