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De - Pt| English Dictionary: Lemur | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Lemur \Le"mur\ (l[emac]"m[ucr]r), n. [L., a ghost, specter. So called on account of its habit of going abroad by night.] (Zo[94]l.) One of a family ({Lemurid[91]}) of nocturnal mammals allied to the monkeys, but of small size, and having a sharp and foxlike muzzle, and large eyes. They feed upon birds, insects, and fruit, and are mostly natives of Madagascar and the neighboring islands, one genus ({Galago}) occurring in Africa. The slow lemur or kukang of the East Indies is {Nycticebus tardigradus}. See {Galago}, {Indris}, and {Colugo}. | |
