Potto

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈpÉ’təʊ/

Origin

From a West African language; compare Akan apɔsɔ.

Full definition of potto

Noun

1. A small primate, Perodicticus potto, native to the tropical rainforests of Africa. from 18th c.
• 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin 2006, p. 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.
2. (now rare) The kinkajou. from 18th c.