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Lemur

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le=mur

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun Lemur has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

Lemurn. [L., a ghost, specter. So called on account of its habit of going abroad by night.].
     One of a family (Lemuridæ) of nocturnal mammals allied to the monkeys, but of small size, and having a sharp and foxlike muzzle, and large eyes. They feed upon birds, insects, and fruit, and are mostly natives of Madagascar and the neighboring islands, one genus (Galago) occurring in Africa. The slow lemur or kukang of the East Indies is Nycticebus tardigradus. See Galago, Indris, and Colugo.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Lemur, n. any arboreal primate of the family Lemuridae native to Madagascar, with a pointed snout and long tail.

Etymology
mod.L f. L lemures (pl.) spirits of the dead, from its spectre-like face
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