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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: arboreal fruit-eating mammal of tropical America with a long prehensile tail [syn: kinkajou, honey bear, potto, Potos flavus, Potos caudivolvulus]
2: a kind of lemur [syn: potto, kinkajou, Perodicticus potto]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: French, alteration of quincajou wolverine, of Algonquian origin; akin to Ojibwa kwi•nkwa?a•ke• wolverine Date: 1796 a nocturnal arboreal omnivorous mammal (Potos flavus) found from Mexico to South America that is related to the raccoon and has a long prehensile tail, large eyes, and yellowish brown fur

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a Central and S. American nocturnal fruit-eating mammal, Potos flavus, with a prehensile tail and living in trees. Etymology: F quincajou f. N.Amer. Ind.: cf. Algonquin kwingwaage wolverine

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Kinkajou Kin"ka*jou`, n. [F. kinkajou, quincajou, from the native American name.] (Zo["o]l.) A nocturnal carnivorous mammal (Cercoleptes caudivolvulus) of South America, about as large as a full-grown cat. It has a prehensile tail and lives in trees. It is the only representative of a distinct family (Cercoleptid[ae]) allied to the raccoons. Called also potto, and honey bear.