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NOUN (2)

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]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Kinkajou \Kin"ka*jou`\, n. [F. kinkajou, quincajou, from the native American name.] (Zool.) 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. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Potto \Pot"to\, n. (Zool.) (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. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

potto 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]