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单词 loris
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loris

/ˈlɔːrɪs /
noun (plural lorises)
A small, slow-moving nocturnal Asian primate with a short or absent tail, living in dense vegetation.
  • Genera Loris and Nycticebus, family Lorisidae, suborder Prosimii: the slender loris (L. tardigradus) of South India and Sri Lanka, and the slow loris (genus Nycticebus, two species) of SE Asia.
Only in recent decades have prosimians - a suborder of primates that includes lemurs, lorises, bushbabies, and tarsiers - begun to be studied systematically....
  • Primate species are gibbons, langurs, lorises and macaques.
  • However, some primates such as apes, spider monkeys, and lorises have morphological and behavioral specializations that may enhance efficiency during vertical climbing.

Origin

Late 18th century: from French, perhaps from obsolete Dutch loeris 'clown'.

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