(n.) A nocturnal mammal (Perodictius potto) of the Lemur family, found in West Africa. It has rudimentary forefingers. Called also aposoro, and bush dog.
(n.) The kinkajou.
Example Sentences:
(1) A female Perodicticus potto developed a subcutaneous spherical mass on the medial aspect of the inguinal area.
(2) However the metabolic rate of Aotus is not reduced to the extent found in two hypometabolic prosimians Perodicticus potto and Nycticebus coucang.
(3) The karyotypes of two Lorisidae (Prosimians) Nycticebus coucang and Perodicticus potto have been studied, using many banding techniques.
(4) As these few cones seem to activate the bipolar cells nearly as effectively as the numerous rods, it is suggested that these cones may be responsible for day vision in the potto.
(5) In tree shrews and galagos muscle is heavier (35%) than in pottos and slow lorises (below 28%), but bone and skin are lighter.
(6) Convergences in segment pattern (sloths with pottos and lorises, marmosets with tree shrews, owl monkeys with galagos, cebus with macaques) as well as divergences are documented.
(7) In a cold environment the daily urinary excretion of catecholamines of the tropical but cold hardy potto is only moderately increased.
(8) Nevertheless in potto the critical fusion frequency is higher for red light than for blue light.
(9) A spherical mass on the medial aspect of the thigh and caudal abdomen of a 15-year-old female Perodicticus potto was surgically removed and shown to be a myeloliposarcoma.
(10) There is histological evidence for the presence of cones in potto's retina: about 1 cone for 300 rods.
(11) The dopamine, dopac and tyrosinehydroxylase contents of the caudate nucleus in the prosimian Perodicticus potto and in the simii Macaca mulatta and M. fascicularis have been estimated.
(12) The following species were represented: Potto, Senegalgalago, wooly monkey, black spider monkey, common marmoset, cottonhead tamarin, pigtailed macaque and lesser whitenosed guenon.
(13) The concentrating ability of the kidney in Perodicticus potto was investigated.
(14) The same carcinogen applied to the skin of pottos (Perodicticus potto) caused death in 6 of the 7 animals within 9 weeks.
(15) In the potto's retina some red sensitive elements respond to wavelenghts beyond those which affect visual purple.
(16) Bromine is unexpectedly high in the potto tumor, in other tumor analyses reported in the literature, as well as in the only available embryonic tissue from the female potto, a placenta.
(17) On comparison of the West African potto with two other prosimian myoglobins known so far, there were 12 differences between the potto and the galago (East African) and 18 differences between the potto and the sportive lemur (Madagascar).
(18) The results do not support the hypothesis according to which the sluggishness of the potto is somehow related to a low dopamine content of part of the extrapyramidal system as found in the Parkinson-syndrome.
(19) Based on our observation that the potto may excrete uric acid in fairly high concentrations, the partition of nitrogen in the urine was also explored.
(20) The primary structure of the myoglobin of the prosimian Lorisidae Perodictius potto edwarsi (potto) was studied.
Potty
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) Most children were put on the potty chair and were praised when successful.
(2) Mujica fought to obtain the one item he needed most – a potty.
(3) That sitcom, broadcast on E4 from 2008 to 2010 and following the adventures of four potty-mouthed sixth formers, became so popular that Bird, as lead sixth former and narrator of the gang's adventures, was elevated to a very specific strata of British fame.
(4) Initiating potty training in the first months of life has a short-term effect on bowel control, but no effect on bladder control by day or at night.
(5) HS That is absolutely not my gripe: if anyone is potty (and rich) enough to spend a grand on a handbag, that’s fine by me— and you’re right, all power to the craftsmen and everyone else involved.
(6) He’s not had the easiest situation before I came here, but since I have been here there has been nothing to criticise, absolutely nothing.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest Jürgen Klopp gets potty-mouthed over Crystal Palace loss – video The Liverpool’s No2 Adam Bogdan, who played in the previous round at home to Bournemouth, may get a start at Southampton.
(7) Even the usually staid weekly, Die Zeit, headlines its main Greek crisis story with the headline: "Are the Greeks Potty?"
(8) The project has already been dubbed potty and the Daily Mail has predicted it is in line for the chop – the newspaper’s columnist, Christopher Booker, argued that Swansea would produce “easily the most expensive electricity in the world” .
(9) Photograph: Juice Architects Shorrock said huge institutional equity investors, such as Prudential, and those committed to buying some of the power, including Good Energy , would not attach their names to the project if it was a potty, no-hope scheme.
(10) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Pinterest close 1.50pm GMT Facebook Twitter Pinterest Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Pinterest close 1.50pm GMT Fax update: "50 Cent has a fax machine in his car, which he boasted about in song ," writes Ryan Dunne, referring to the "stash box, Xbox, laptop, fax machine, phone" lyric from High All The Time (warning: parental advisory - potty mouthed lyrics.
(11) By then Mujica had turned his potty into a tiny marigold garden.
(12) Feeding them, potty-training them.” In the rush to explain Dolezal after she was splashed across the news in June, there was no shortage of people who made the connection between her adopted black siblings and the shift in her own identity, starting to braid first her hair and then that of her brothers and sisters, taking an interest in African American literature and history.
(13) The channel houses a collection of animated songs, including nursery rhymes and original songs about numbers, letters and, er, potties.
(14) "What I'm saying here is pointing at a very, very irrational possible outcome of our potty electoral system, which is that a party that has spectacularly lost the election because fewer people are voting for it than any other party, could nonetheless according to constitutional tradition and convention still lay claim to providing the prime minister of the country."
(15) They may not mean to, but they do…” Britain is a nation of potty-mouthed potty trainers.
(16) It is a vote of confidence, a morale boost perhaps, for an architect who recently lost the prestigious commission for the Tokyo Olympic Stadium, her design having faced a tirade of criticism from local architects since its unveiling, being compared to everything from a bicycle helmet to a child’s potty.
(17) A true ‘privacy act’ would not ask a Texan about their private parts before they potty,” said Kimberly Shappley, the mother of a six-year-old transgender child in the Houston area.
(18) According to Siska Pottie, secretary general of Imace , the European margarine association, the game changer would be “if the consumer were asking for sustainable palm oil.
(19) Hyman says Miliband paved the way for Corbyn by introducing a “potty” new system for electing leaders and by making people believe that “posturing rather than serious policy” was the answer.
(20) Whether men would want to spend their two weeks' paternity leave getting potty trained is another matter, because there's another word here that all the professionals go a long way to avoid.