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POTOS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Potos mean?
• POTOS (noun)
The noun POTOS has 1 sense:
1. a genus of Procyonidae
Familiarity information: POTOS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of Procyonidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Potos; Potos
Hypernyms ("Potos" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "Potos"):
honey bear; kinkajou; Potos caudivolvulus; Potos flavus; potto (arboreal fruit-eating mammal of tropical America with a long prehensile tail)
Holonyms ("Potos" is a member of...):
family Procyonidae; Procyonidae (raccoons; coatis; cacomistles; kinkajous; and sometimes pandas)
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