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lo·ris  (lôrs, lr-)
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 lridus, 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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