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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 (plural pottos) Etymology: perhaps from Wolof pata, a tailless monkey Date: 1705 any of several African primates (genera Arctocebus and Perodicticus); especially a nocturnal slow-moving arboreal primate (P. potto) with woolly brownish fur and a vestigial index finger

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (pl. -os) 1 a W. African lemur-like mammal, Perodicticus potto. 2 a kinkajou. Etymology: perh. f. Guinea dial.

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Potto Pot"to, n. (Zo["o]l.) (a) A nocturnal mammal (Perodictius potto) of the Lemur family, found in West Africa. It has rudimentary forefingers. Called also aposoro, and bush dog. (b) The kinkajou.