| 单词 | slender loris |
| 释义 | > as lemmasslender loris a. A small arboreal primate of the genus so called, distinguished by grey or black fur, large eyes, and thin limbs, and found in Sri Lanka (Ceylon) and southern India; also called slender loris. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > [noun] > member of suborder Prosimii (lemurs, etc.) > family Lorisidae > genus Loris (slender loris) loris1774 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth IV. 241 A little four-handed animal, of the Island of Ceylon, which Mr. Buffon calls the Lori. 1824 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom (1827) I. 229 The Loris, commonly, Lazy Monkeys... The Slender Loris. 1859 J. E. Tennent Ceylon I. ii. i. 133 The little loris, which..has acquired the name of the ‘Ceylon Sloth’. 1909 E. Protheroe Handy Nat. Hist. Mammals iii. 73 The Slender Loris is a small animal only eight or nine inches long. 1967 J. R. Napier & P. H. Napier Handbk. Living Primates ii. 206 The Slender Loris is not a particularly successful animal in captivity owing to delicacy and irascible temper. < as lemmas |
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