lo·ris (lôr  s, l r-)n. Any of several small, slow-moving, nocturnal prosimian primates of the genera Loris and Nycticebus of tropical Asia, having dense woolly fur, large eyes, and a vestigial tail. [French, possibly from obsolete Dutch loeris, simpleton, from loer, from Old French lourt, from Latin l  ridus, pale; see lurid.] |
loris [ˈlɔːrɪs]
n pl -ris
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of several omnivorous nocturnal slow-moving prosimian primates of the family Lorisidae, of S and SE Asia, esp Loris tardigradus (slow loris) and Nycticebus coucang (slender loris), having vestigial digits and no tails
[from French; of uncertain origin]
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