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noun
Potos flavus, a carnivorous mammal of Central America and South America with a long, prehensile tail, related to the raccoon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: honey bear, potto
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a kind of lemur
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: potto, Perodicticus potto
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: lemur
noun
arboreal fruit-eating mammal of tropical America with a long prehensile tail
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: honey bear, potto, Potos flavus, Potos caudivolvulus
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: procyonid
History
From French quincajou, from an Algonquian word, probably originally meaning ‘wolverine’ (compare Algonquin Kwingwaage, Ojibwe gwiingwa'aage (“wolverine”)), which was later transferred to the South American animal. Related to carcajou.
Across languages
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