potto
See also: Potto
English edit
Etymology edit
From a West African language; compare Akan apɔsɔ.
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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.]
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Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
potto m (plural potti)
Polish edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
potto m animal (indeclinable)
- potto (any primate of the genus Perodicticus)
Further reading edit
- potto in Polish dictionaries at PWN