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‖ Potamogale Zool.|pɒtəˈmɒgəliː|
[mod.L., f. Gr. ποταµό-ς river + γαλῆ weasel.]
A genus of insectivorous aquatic mammals, with one species, P. velox of Western equatorial Africa, the ottershrew; taken as type of a family Potamogalidæ. Hence potaˈmogalid, an animal of this family; potaˈmogaloid a., resembling the Potamogale.
1880A. R. Wallace Isl. Life iii. 43 The potamogale, a curious otter-like water-shrew. 1895Funk's Stand. Dict., Potamogalid, Potamogaloid. |