释义 |
lemuroid, a. and n.|ˈlɛmjʊərɔɪd| [f. lemur + -oid.] A. adj. Resembling the lemurs; pertaining to the sub-order Lemuroidea, of which the genus Lemur is the type.
1873Mivart Man & Apes 70 They are the largest animals of the Lemuroid sub-order. 1880Haughton Phys. Geog. vi. 296 The extreme antiquity of the Lemuroid fauna. 1883G. Allen in Knowledge 368/1 The fruit-bats seem to be..specialised lemuroid animals. B. n. A lemuroid animal.
1873Mivart Man & Apes 69 All the Lemuroids eat vegetable food or insects. 1885Riverside Nat. Hist. V. 481 America can so far lay as good a claim to having been the original home of the lemuroids. |