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lo·ris (lō′ris, lôr′is)

noun

any of various small, slow-moving, large-eyed Asiatic prosimian primates (family Lorisidae) that live in trees and are active at night

Etymology: ModL < Fr, special use (by Comte de Buffon) of Du loeres, < loer, a clown

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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