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Meaning of lemur

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

lemur

Pronunciation:/ˈliːmə(ɹ)/

noun

Definitions

  1. Any strepsirrhine primate of the infraorder Lemuriformes, superfamily Lemuroidea, native only to Madagascar and some surrounding islands.

  2. Any of the genus Lemur, represented by the ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta).

  3. A loris (Lemur tardigradus, now Loris tardigradus), predating the 10th edition of Systema Naturæ.

Sources:https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lemur

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