/lawr"is, lohr"-/ , n. , pl. loris .
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.
[ 1765-75; loeris simpleton, equiv. to loer stupid person ( lourd luridus LURID) + -is -ISH 1 ]