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See also: Potto
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From a West African language; compare Akan apɔsɔ.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]potto (plural pottos)
- 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.
- (now rare) The kinkajou. [from 18th c.]
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]small primate
Italian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]potto m (plural potti)
Polish
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Potto.jpg/220px-Potto.jpg)
Etymology
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Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]potto m animal (indeclinable)
- potto (any primate of the genus Perodicticus)
Further reading
[edit]- potto in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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