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Noun: kinkajou  'king-ku,joo
  1. Arboreal fruit-eating mammal of tropical America with a long prehensile tail
    "The kinkajou used its long tongue to lap nectar from flowers";
    - honey bear, potto, Potos flavus, Potos caudivolvulus
     
  2. A kind of grey-brown lemur (Perodicticus potto)
    "The kinkajou moved slowly along the branch in search of food";
    - potto, Perodicticus potto

Derived forms: kinkajous

Type of: lemur, procyonid

Part of: genus Perodicticus, genus Potos, Perodicticus, Potos

Encyclopedia: Kinkajou