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单词 loris
释义

loris

See also: Loris

English

A 19th-century watercolour of a Sunda slow loris (Nycticebus coucang) clinging to a coffee plant (Coffea arabica), from the William Farquhar Collection of Natural History Drawings at the National Museum of Singapore

Etymology

From French loris, reportedly from obsolete Dutch loeris (simpleton).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈlɔːɹɪs/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈlɔɹɪs/

Noun

loris (plural lorises)

  1. 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

  • slender loris (Loris)
  • slow loris (Nycticebus)

See also

  • angwantibo
  • potto

Anagrams

  • loirs, roils

Latin

Noun

lōrīs

  1. dative/ablative plural of lōrum
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