different between potto vs kinkajou

English

Etymology

From a West African language; compare Akan ap?s?.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?p?t??/

Noun

potto (plural pottos)

1. A small primate, Perodicticus potto, native to the tropical rainforests of Africa. [from 18th c.]
   • 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin 2006, p. 147:

     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.

2. (now rare) The kinkajou. [from 18th c.]

Derived terms

• false potto, Martin's false potto (Pseudopotto martini)

Translations

Italian

Noun

potto

1. potto (Perodicticus potto)

   Synonym: Bosman's potto

English

Alternative forms

• kincajou

Etymology

From French quincajou, from an Algonquian word, probably originally meaning ‘wolverine’ (compare Algonquin Kwingwaage, Ojibwe gwiingwa'aage (“wolverine”)), which was later transferred to the South American animal. Related to carcajou.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k??k??d?u?/, /?k??k???u?/

Noun

kinkajou (plural kinkajous)

1. Potos flavus, a carnivorous mammal of Central America and South America with a long, prehensile tail, related to the raccoon.

   Synonyms: honey bear, potto

Translations

Further reading

• kinkajou on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• kinkajou on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

French

Alternative forms

• kincajou
• quincajou (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.ka.?u/

Noun

kinkajou m (plural kinkajous)

1. kinkajou
2. (obsolete) wolverine