GENUS LORIS

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Lorisidae

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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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