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pottos

pottos is the plural of potto.

Meaning of potto

Noun

potto (plural pottos)

  1. A small primate of the genus Perodicticus, native to the tropical rainforests of Africa.
    • 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
  2. (archaic) The kinkajou.

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Phrases with pottos

Questions about pottos

What is pottos the plural of?
Pottos is the plural of potto.

Words near pottos in the dictionary

  1. potto
  2. Potton
  3. Pottons
  4. Pottorff
  5. Pottorffs
  6. pottos
  7. pottress
  8. pottresses
  9. potts
  10. Potts Hill
  11. Potts model

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