lori

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lori - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Lori \Lo"ri\, n. (Zool.)
     Same as Lory.
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  Loris \Lo"ris\, n. [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.]
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