Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various primates of the infraorder Lemuriformes of Madagascar and adjacent islands, having elongated lower incisors and nails on all digits except the second toe of the hind foot.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The typical genus of Lemuridæ and Lemurinæ.
- noun A member of the genus Lemur, in the widest sense; anylemurine, lemuroid, or prosimian.
- noun Some animal like a lemur. See
flying-lemur and Galeopithecus.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) One of a family (
Lemuridæ ) 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 orkukang of the East Indies isNycticebus tardigradus . Seegalago ,indris , andcolugo .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any
prosimian of theinfraorder Lemuriformes , native only toMadagascar and some surrounding islands.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun large-eyed arboreal prosimian having foxy faces and long furry tails
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Of course, the lemur is perhaps the most well-known:
Big, previously unknown palm tree discovered! « Skulls in the Stars 2008
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HANNA: All right, the lemur is a very rare animal.
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HARRIS: Or maybe I'll get -- it's what I would do with a lemur is the problem.
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Sometimes in the evening a wild animal called a lemur rushes wildly through the house and out at the front veranda.
The Golden Chersonese and the way thither Isabella Lucy 2004
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Madagascar is home to many species of lemur, which is a small aminal that looks like a cross between a monkey and a squirrel.
Your Disgusting Head Haggis-On-Whey 2004
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Madagascar is home to many species of lemur, which is a small aminal that looks like a cross between a monkey and a squirrel.
Your Disgusting Head Haggis-On-Whey 2004
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Madagascar is home to many species of lemur, which is a small aminal that looks like a cross between a monkey and a squirrel.
Your Disgusting Head Haggis-On-Whey 2004
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Sometimes in the evening a wild animal called a lemur rushes wildly through the house and out at the front veranda.
The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither Isabella Lucy 1883
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There are also huge bats, an animal of the monkey tribe called the lemur, hedgehogs, and rabbits.
The Fugitives The Tyrant Queen of Madagascar Francis B. Pearson 1859
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I have about 20 minutes of battery life left in my Powerbook, and I'm stealing wifi from someone named "lemur" within 100 feet of my predicament, and I'm praying it doesn't get so stiflingly hot that Lucy is forced to wake up and share her Yoko Ono-influenced pop stylings with us.
ocean to ocean 2005
chained_bear commented on the word lemur
Aren't they just the greatest? *sigh*
Lemurs.
April 15, 2009
rolig commented on the word lemur
I always defer to the lemur allure.
April 15, 2009
sionnach commented on the word lemur
You know, besides having one of the best Wordie user names evah, AbraxasZugzwang sure had some great lists.
I miss AbraxasZugzwang. I miss uselessness.
Sigh.
April 15, 2009
rolig commented on the word lemur
Unlike some other primates, lemurs do not have prehensile tails (they cannot hang by their tails from trees like monkeys) but they do have long, wet noses.
– from the Lemurs.us website, "Lemur Basics".
April 15, 2009
Prolagus commented on the word lemur
This is one of the weirdest descriptions ever: a characteristic that they don't have while "some others" do.
April 15, 2009
sionnach commented on the word lemur
Besides those moist noses, they also have good eyesight and flexible hands and feet, according to Weirdnet.
*So this lemur walks into an optometrist's office and ....*
April 15, 2009
bilby commented on the word lemur
Mmmm, moist lemurs.
April 15, 2009
chained_bear commented on the word lemur
Lemur lemur lemur.
April 15, 2009
reesetee commented on the word lemur
I made it out of clay....
April 15, 2009
rolig commented on the word lemur
And then there's another big-eyed tropical species of lemur, the Lamour dorothia (see here and here).
April 15, 2009
sionnach commented on the word lemur
Snort!
April 16, 2009
chained_bear commented on the word lemur
Hee! Didn't that species invent mathematics, or radar, or something?
April 16, 2009
sionnach commented on the word lemur
A common mistake, c_b. But you are actually thinking of the exotic Lamarr Hedonis species, seen here and again here .
The godmother of spread spectrum technology, without which your mobile phone and WiFi gadgetry would be just expensive, worthless trinkets.
April 16, 2009
dontcry commented on the word lemur
*snort*
April 16, 2009
chained_bear commented on the word lemur
Ah yes! Of course. I do get the two species confused. At least I didn't think it was a potto.
Ad: "MEET THE KING of the ARCTIC. Polar Bear Expeditions to Churchill, Manitoba. From $4,595." Polar bears. So overrated compared to lemurs.
April 16, 2009
frogapplause commented on the word lemur
Lemurs, tapirs, and bilbies! Oh my!
April 17, 2009
milosrdenstvi commented on the word lemur
Also a sort of ghost. See the plural lemures.
December 20, 2009