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Definitions for Loris
[1] Also called slender loris. a small, slender, tailless, large-eyed, nocturnal lemur, Loris gracilis, of southern India and Sri Lanka.
[2] Also called slow loris. a similar but stockier lemur of the genus Nycticebus, of southeastern Asia: N. pygmaeus is a threatened species.
[3] 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
Words nearby Loris
lorient, lorikeet, lorimer, lorin, loring, loris, lorn, lorna, lorne, lorrain, lorraine
Origin of Loris
1765–75; < New Latin < Dutch loeris simpleton, equivalent to loer stupid person (< French lourd < Latin lūridus lurid) + -is -ish1
Word origin for Loris
C18: from French; of uncertain origin