Meaning Of The Word Loris

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loris in American English
any of various small, slow-moving, large-eyed Asiatic prosimian primates (family Lorisidae) that live in trees and are active at night
noun: a small, slender, tailless, large-eyed, nocturnal lemur, Loris gracilis, of southern India and Sri Lanka

loris in British English
noun: 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

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