slow loris

1. 1.

   stocky lemur of southeastern Asia

   SynonymsNycticebus tardigraduaNycticebus pygmaeus

   Broaderlemur

   Part ofNycticebus

Questions about slow loris

What does slow loris mean?

slow loris means "stocky lemur of southeastern Asia".

What is another word for slow loris?

Close synonyms include Nycticebus tardigradua, Nycticebus pygmaeus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is slow loris a common word?

slow loris is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.