potto Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun arboreal fruit-eating mammal of tropical America with a long prehensile tail
    honey bear; Potos caudivolvulus; kinkajou; Potos flavus.
  2. noun a kind of lemur
    Perodicticus potto; kinkajou.

WordNet

Pot"to noun
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) (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.

Webster 1913