loris noun. ['lɔ:rɪs] L18.
[French, perh. from Dutch loeris clown, booby.]
Any of several small slow-moving nocturnal primates of the subfamily Lorisinae, with small ears, very short tails, and opposable thumbs, esp. (more fully slender loris) Loris tardigradus of Sri Lanka and southern India, and (more fully slow loris) Nycticebus coucang of SE Asia.

■ lorisid noun & adjective (a) noun a member of the family Lorisidae, which includes lorises, pottos, and bushbabies; (b) adjective of or pertaining to the family Lorisidae: M20.

■ lorisoid noun & adjective (an animal) resembling a loris or related to the lorises M20.

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