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lemur /lēˈmər/ noun- Any member of the Lemuroidea /lem-ū-roidˈi-ə/ or Prosimiae, a group of long-tailed mammals related to the monkeys, forest dwellers, mainly nocturnal, common in Madagascar (pl lēˈmurs)
- An ancient Roman ghost of the dead (pl lemures /lemˈū-rēz/)
ORIGIN: L lemurēs ghosts Lemuria /li-mūˈri-ə/ noun - (pl) an ancient Roman festival (9, 11 and 13 May) when ghosts were exorcized
- (sing) a hypothetical vanished continent where the Indian Ocean now lies, posited to explain the distribution of lemurs
lemurian /li-mūˈri-ən/, lemurine /lemˈū-rīn/ or lemˈūroid noun and adjective |