potto

noun

pot·​to ˈpä-(ˌ)tō 

plural pottos

: any of several African primates (genus Perodicticus)

especially : a nocturnal slow-moving arboreal primate (P. potto) with woolly brownish fur and a vestigial index finger

Word History

Etymology

perhaps from Wolof pata, a tailless monkey

First Known Use

1763, in the meaning defined above