a short-tailed prosimian primate, Perodicticus potto, having vertebral spines protruding through the skin in the neck region, native to tropical forests in West and Central Africa: family Lorisidae
2. golden potto
3. another name for kinkajou
Word origin
C18: of West African origin; compare Wolof pata type of tail-less monkey
potto in American English
(ˈpɑtoʊ)
nounWord forms: pluralˈpottos
a slow-moving, large-eyed central African prosimian primate (Perodicticus potto) of the same family as the lorises and angwantibos
Word origin
< Afr native name, as in Wolof pata, a kind of tailless monkey