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See also: Loris
English
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Lemur_tardigradus_%28sic_%E2%80%93_Nycticebus_coucang%29%3B_Booah_Kawah_%28Coffee_Tree%29_%28William_Farquhar_Collection%2C_1819%E2%80%931823%29.jpg/220px-Lemur_tardigradus_%28sic_%E2%80%93_Nycticebus_coucang%29%3B_Booah_Kawah_%28Coffee_Tree%29_%28William_Farquhar_Collection%2C_1819%E2%80%931823%29.jpg)
Etymology
[edit]From French loris, reportedly from obsolete Dutch loeris (“simpleton”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈlɔːɹɪs/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈlɔɹɪs/
- Rhymes: -ɔːɹɪs
Noun
[edit]loris (plural lorises)
- Any of several small, slow-moving primates, of the family Lorisidae, found in India and southeast Asia.
- 2016, Ian McEwan, Nutshell, Vintage, page 135:
- If the stairs allow such room for thought it’s because Trudy is taking them at the pace of the slowest loris.
Derived terms
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[edit]Latin
[edit]Noun
[edit]lōrīs
Welsh
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈlɔrɪs/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈlɔriz/
- Rhymes: -ɔrɪs, -ɔrɪz
Noun
[edit]loris
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