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)

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)

Anagrams

loirs, roils

Latin

Noun

lōrīs

dative/ablative plural of lōrum

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) 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 dative/ablative plural of lōrum
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