Cercoleptes

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κέρκος (kérkos, “tail”) + λήπτης (lḗptēs, “grasping”).

Proper noun

Cercoleptes m

(obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Cercoleptidae – the kinkajous, now Potos.

Further reading

“Cercoleptes”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

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