loris
See also: Loris
English
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A 19th-century watercolour of a Sunda slow loris (Nycticebus coucang) clinging to a coffee plant (Coffea arabica), from the William Farquhar Collection of Natural History Drawings at the National Museum of Singapore
Etymology
From French loris, reportedly from obsolete Dutch loeris (“simpleton”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈlɔːɹɪs/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈlɔɹɪs/
Noun
loris (plural lorises)
- Any of several small, slow-moving primates, of the family Lorisidae, found in India and southeast Asia.
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lōrīs
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