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Webster 1913 Edition


Loris

Lo′ris

,
Noun.
[
Loris
, or
lori
, the indigenous East Indian name.]
(Zool.)
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 (
Stenops gracilis
), of Ceylon, in one of the best known species.
[Written also
lori
.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Loris

LO'RIS

,
Noun.
A small quadruped of Ceylon.