单词 | lemuroid |
释义 | lemuroidadj.n. A. adj. Resembling the lemurs; pertaining to the sub-order Lemuroidea, of which the genus Lemur is the type. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > [adjective] > relating or belonging to the lemurs lemuridous1831 prosimious1858 prosimian1861 lemurine1864 lemuroid1873 lemuriform1887 lemurian1891 1873 St. G. Mivart Man & Apes 70 They are the largest animals of the Lemuroid sub-order. 1880 S. Haughton Six Lect. Physical Geogr. vi. 296 The extreme antiquity of the Lemuroid fauna. 1883 G. Allen in Knowledge 22 June 368/1 The fruit-bats seem to be..specialised lemuroid animals. B. n. A lemuroid animal. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > [noun] > member of suborder Prosimii (lemurs, etc.) lemuroid1873 prosimian1873 1873 St. G. Mivart Man & Apes 69 All the Lemuroids eat vegetable food or insects. 1885 Riverside Nat. Hist. V. 481 America can so far lay as good a claim to having been the original home of the lemuroids. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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