potto

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English

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A taxidermied potto gripping a branch.

Etymology

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From a West African language; compare Akan apɔsɔ.

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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, published 2006, page 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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Italian

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potto m (plural potti)

  1. potto (Perodicticus potto)

Polish

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potto

Etymology

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potto m animal (indeclinable)

  1. potto (any primate of the genus Perodicticus)

Further reading

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  • potto in Polish dictionaries at PWN