/ˈpɒtəʊ/
OriginFrom a West African language; compare Akan apɔsɔ.
- 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.”
- archaicThe kinkajou.
- A village in North Yorkshire.
Formspottos(plural)