An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
POTTO
potto, kinkajou, Perodicticus potto
(noun) a kind of lemur
kinkajou, honey bear, potto, Potos flavus, Potos caudivolvulus
(noun) arboreal fruit-eating mammal of tropical America with a long prehensile tail
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
Potto
A village in North Yorkshire
Etymology
Noun
potto (plural pottos)
A small primate, Perodicticus potto, native to the tropical rainforests of Africa. [from 18th c.]
(now rare) The kinkajou. [from 18th c.]
Source: Wiktionary
Pot"to, n. (Zoöl.) (a) A nocturnal mammal (Perodictius potto) of the Lemur family, found in West Africa. It has rudimentary forefingers. Called also aposoro, and bush dog. (b) The kinkajou.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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