Dictionary![]() ![]() lo•risPronunciation: (lôr'is, lōr'-), [key] —n., —pl. -ris. 1. Also called slender loris. a small, slender, tailless, large-eyed, nocturnal lemur, Loris gracilis, of southern India and Sri Lanka. 2. Also called slow loris. a similar but stockier lemur of the genus Nycticebus, of southeastern Asia: N. pygmaeus is a threatened species. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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