potoo
[ poh-too ]
noun,plural po·toos.
any of several nocturnal birds of the family Nyctibiidae, of Mexico and Central and South America, related to the goatsuckers.
Origin of potoo
11840–50; originally Jamaican English patoo; compare Twi patú owl
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How to use potoo in a sentence
He had been blockading the island of potoo, where many English ladies had taken refuge.
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