Meanings
potto1
nounpotto (plural pottos)
plural pottos
- A small primate of the genus Perodicticus, native to the tropical rainforests of Africa.First known use 18th c.
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.
1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 147
Potto2
proper noun
- A village in North Yorkshire.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounarboreal fruit-eating mammal of tropical America with a long prehensile tail
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Origin
From a West African language; compare Akan apɔsɔ.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian западноафрикански лемур
- западноафрикански лемур (zapadnoafrikanski lemur)small primate
Chinese Mandarin 樹熊猴 /树熊猴
- 樹熊猴 /树熊猴 (shùxiónghóu)small primate
Czech poto
- potosmall primate
Polish potto
- pottosmall primate
Vietnamese vượn gấu
- vượn gấusmall primate
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with potto
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Cite this entry
APA
potto. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/potto
MLA
“potto.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/potto. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “potto,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/potto.
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