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GENUS LORIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Loris mean?
• GENUS LORIS (noun)
The noun GENUS LORIS has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the Lorisidae
Familiarity information: GENUS LORIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Lorisidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("genus Loris" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "genus Loris"):
Loris gracilis; slender loris (slim-bodied lemur of southern India and Sri Lanka)
Holonyms ("genus Loris" is a member of...):
family Lorisidae; Lorisidae (slow-moving omnivorous nocturnal primates of tropical Asia; usually tailless)
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