lemur

le·mur  (lmr)

n.

Any of several small arboreal, mostly nocturnal primates chiefly of the family Lemuridae of Madagascar and adjacent islands, having large eyes, a long slim muzzle, and a long tail.

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[New Latin Lemur, genus name, back-formation from Latin Lemurs, lemures (from their ghostly appearance and their nocturnal habits).]

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lemur

Noun

a nocturnal animal, related to the monkey, with a foxy face and long tail, found on Madagascar [Latin lemures ghosts]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

lemur - large-eyed arboreal prosimian having foxy faces and long furry tails primate - any placental mammal of the order Primates; has good eyesight and flexible hands and feet Lemuroidea, suborder Lemuroidea - Lemuridae; Lorisidae; Daubentoniidae; Indriidae; used in some classifications instead of Prosimii; in others considered a subdivision of Prosimii Lemur catta, Madagascar cat, ring-tailed lemur - small lemur having its tail barred with black aye-aye, Daubentonia madagascariensis - nocturnal lemur with long bony fingers and rodent-like incisor teeth closely related to the lemurs Loris gracilis, slender loris - slim-bodied lemur of southern India and Sri Lanka Nycticebus pygmaeus, Nycticebus tardigradua, slow loris - stocky lemur of southeastern Asia Perodicticus potto, potto, kinkajou - a kind of lemur angwantibo, Arctocebus calabarensis, golden potto - a kind of lemur bush baby, bushbaby, galago - agile long-tailed nocturnal African lemur with dense woolly fur and large eyes and ears indri, Indri brevicaudatus, Indri indri, indris - large short-tailed lemur of Madagascar having thick silky fur in black and white and fawn Avahi laniger, woolly indris - nocturnal indris with thick grey-brown fur and a long tail