Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various primates of the family Lorisidae of sub-Saharan Africa and tropical Asia, having a very short or absent tail, and including the pottos.
- noun Any of several small, slow-moving nocturnal members of this family in the genera Loris and Nycticebus of tropical Asia, having dense woolly fur and large eyes.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The slender lemur of Ceylon, Arachnocebus or Loris gracilis, a prosimian mammal of the family Lemuridæ and subfamily Nycticebinæ: more fully called
slender loris . Alsolori ; pl. loris. - noun [capitalized] The typical genus of Lorisinæ, based by Geoffroy on the slender lori or loris of Ceylon, and the same as
Arachmocebus of Lesson; extended to include the slow lemur, which is more frequently referred to a genus Nycticebus, Stenops, or Bradylemur.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of small lemurs of the genus Stenops. They have long, slender limbs and large eyes, and are arboreal in their habits. The slender loris (
Stenops gracilis ), of Ceylon, in one of the best known species.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any of several small, slow-moving
primates , of thefamily Lorisidae , found inIndia and southeastAsia .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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And now ... at last - Sonya!!!! (slow loris) from Dmitry Sergeyev on Vimeo.
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In any case, here's a slow loris whom I'm sure would concur with your conclusions ...
The Benefits of Tickling Heather McDougal 2009
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But for a slender loris, a checkup is just another chance to look adorable.
Slender Loris Gets A Checkup (PHOTOS) The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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And now ... at last - Sonya!!!! (slow loris) from Dmitry Sergeyev on Vimeo.
Archive 2009-04-01 2009
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Mr Ben, a pygmy slow loris, is administered anesthetic during one of Bristol Zoo's in-house veterinary clinic routine health check-up and teeth clean as part of the Zoo's standard animal husbandry and welfare procedure at Bristol Zoo on June 18, 2009 in Bristol, England.
Pygmy Slow Loris & British People Looking Stupid: HuffPost's Caption Contest! 2010
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Mr Ben, a pygmy slow loris, is administered anesthetic during one of Bristol Zoo's in-house veterinary clinic routine health check-up and teeth clean as part of the Zoo's standard animal husbandry and welfare procedure at Bristol Zoo on June 18, 2009 in Bristol, England.
Pygmy Slow Loris & British People Looking Stupid: HuffPost's Caption Contest! 2010
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A Horton Plains slender loris was caught on camera after lengthy surveys of the forest by researchers from the Zoological Society of London, the University of Colombo and the Open University of Sri Lanka.
Horton Plains Slender Loris Photographed For First Time 2010
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Caught on camera for the first time: The furry slender loris that is so rare scientists thought it was extinct
43 Things Totally Ruined by Dogs ILuvNUFC 2010
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The Horton Plains slender loris (Loris tardigradus nycticeboides), which scientists last documented more than six decades ago and was thought extinct has been rediscovered (and photographed) in Sri Lanka.
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See here for some great pics. (h/t: John Platt.) In some more hopeful news, the area where the loris was found was just named a World Heritage Site by the United Nations.
chained_bear commented on the word loris
Thanks for posting this on galoot's profile, Pro.
June 20, 2008