potto

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English

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A taxidermied potto gripping a branch.

Etymology

From a West African language; compare Akan apɔsɔ.

Pronunciation

Noun

potto (plural pottos)

  1. A small primate, Perodicticus potto, native to the tropical rainforests of Africa.
    • 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.

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Italian

Pronunciation

Noun

potto m (plural potti)

  1. potto (Perodicticus potto)

Polish

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potto

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Noun

potto m animal (indeclinable)

  1. potto (any primate of the genus Perodicticus)

Further reading

  • potto in Polish dictionaries at PWN