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potto en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈpɒtəʊ/ (UK)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From a West African language; compare Akan apɔsɔ.

Meanings

1. A small primate of the genus Perodicticus, native to the tropical rainforests of Africa.
   • 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, published 2006, page 147:
2. (archaic) The kinkajou.

Forms

Deriveds

golden potto · Martin's false potto · false potto

Translations (7)

cmn 樹熊猴 /树熊猴 (small primate) · cs poto (small primate) · vi vượn gấu (small primate) · bin ẹki (small primate) · bg западноафрикански лемур (small primate) · pl potto (small primate) · yo ikì (small primate)