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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
potoo /pəˈtuː/

▶noun a nocturnal insectivorous bird resembling a large nightjar, found in tropical America. [Nyctibius griseus and related species.]

– origin C19: from Jamaican Creole, from Akan, of imitative origin.

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