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o•lin•go
(ō ling′gō),USA pronunciation n., pl. -gos. n.
- Zoology, Mammalsany raccoonlike, nocturnal, fruit-eating mammal of the genus Bassaricyon, inhabiting tropical jungles from Nicaragua to Peru and Bolivia and having large eyes and a long, ringed tail.
- of unexplained origin, originally 1915–20