Definitions of potto
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arboreal fruit-eating mammal of tropical America with a long prehensile tail
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synonyms:
Potos caudivolvulus, Potos flavus, honey bear, kinkajou
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type of:
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procyonid
plantigrade carnivorous mammals
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procyonid
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a kind of lemur
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synonyms:
Perodicticus potto, kinkajou
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type of:
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lemur
large-eyed arboreal prosimian having foxy faces and long furry tails
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lemur
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