Associations to the word «Lemur»

Wiktionary

LEMUR, noun. (colloquial) Any strepsirrhine primate of the infraorder Lemuriformes, superfamily Lemuroidea, native only to Madagascar and some surrounding islands.
LEMUR, noun. The genus Lemur, represented by the ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta).
LEMUR, noun. (obsolete) The genus for a loris (Lemur tardigradus, now Loris tardigradus), predating the 10th edition of Systema Naturæ.
LEMUR, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Lemuridae   — the ring-tailed lemur.

Dictionary definition

LEMUR, noun. Large-eyed arboreal prosimian having foxy faces and long furry tails.

Wise words

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