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Potoo

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Po`too´
n.1.(Zool.) A large South American goatsucker (Nyctibius grandis).


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Attractions include a bouncy castle, Mr Potoo and his balloons, cake and bric-a-brac stalls.
Of course, the Australian Superb Lyrebird and the Great Potoo (to name two creatures whose calls were sampled) sing not only to while away Edenic hours, but to send warnings.
He elects as bassoonist the common potoo, with a call that reminds him of the beginning of Mozart's clarinet quintet, albeit slightly off-key.
 
 
 
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