Potto

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Any of several small nocturnal African primates of the genera Perodicticus and Arctocebus, having a pointed snout, large eyes and ears, and a stumplike index finger and tail.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A small primate, of the subfamily Perodictictinae, from the tropical rainforests of Africa.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A nocturnal mammal (Perodictius potto) of the Lemur family, found in West Africa. It has rudimentary forefingers. Called also aposoro, and bush dog.
  • n. The kinkajou.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A small West African lemuroid quadruped, Perodicticus potto. See Perodicticus.
  • n. The kinkajou, Cercoleptes caudivolvulus. See cut under kinkajou.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. arboreal fruit-eating mammal of tropical America with a long prehensile tail
  • n. a kind of lemur
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    procyonid    lemur   
    Variant
    aposoro    bush dog