Found 2 items, similar to Kinkajou.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: kinkajou
kinkajou
n 1: arboreal fruit-eating mammal of tropical America with a long
prehensile tail [syn:
honey bear,
potto,
Potos flavus
,
Potos caudivolvulus]
2: a kind of lemur [syn:
potto,
Perodicticus potto]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Kinkajou
Kinkajou
\Kin"ka*jou`\, n. [F. kinkajou, quincajou, from the
native American name.] (Zo["o]l.)
A nocturnal carnivorous mammal (
Cercoleptes caudivolvulus)
of South America, about as large as a full-grown cat. It has
a prehensile tail and lives in trees. It is the only
representative of a distinct family (
Cercoleptid[ae])
allied to the raccoons. Called also
potto, and
honey bear
.
[1913 Webster]