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Definition of Loris
1. n. 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 (S. gracilis), of Ceylon, in one of the best known species.
Definition of Loris
1. Noun. Any of several small, slow-moving primates, of the family ''Lorisidae'', found in India and southeast Asia. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Loris
1. an Asian lemur [n -RISES]
Medical Definition of Loris
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Loris
Literary usage of Loris
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1903)
"The last reference is again the Slender loris from " Ceylon," and the produced
rostrum is especially mentioned. It will thus be seen that, ..."
2. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1881)
"loris was a little girl, about eleven years old, who lived with her father in a
very small house among the mountains of a distant land. ..."
3. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Pierre André Latreille (1831)
"4, whose gait is said to be as slow as that of the loris and Sloths. TARSIUS.
Elongated tarsi, and all the other details of form belonging to the preceding ..."
4. Modern Russian History: Being an Authoritative and Detailed History of by Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Kornilov (1917)
"loris-Melikov had pushed the question ahead, and in January, 1881, the State
Council determined to introduce obligatory redemption of the ..."
5. Ceylon: An Account of the Island, Physical, Historical, and Topographical by Sir James Emerson Tennent (1860)
"It was partial to ants and other insects, and was always eager for milk or the
bone of a fowl. The naturally slow motion of its limbs enables the loris ..."
6. The Story of a Hundred Operas by Felix Mendelsohn (1915)
"Fedora informs Grech, the officer, and he plans to take loris after all ...
When the reception ends and all depart, loris returns as Fedora has asked him. ..."
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