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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024le•mur /ˈlimɚ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Mammalsa small monkeylike animal that lives in trees and hunts at night, having large eyes and a foxlike face.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024le•mur (lē′mər),USA pronunciation n. - Mammalsany of various small, arboreal, chiefly nocturnal mammals of the family Lemuridae, of Madagascar and the Comoro Islands, esp. of the genus Lemur, usually having large eyes, a foxlike face, and woolly fur: most lemurs are endangered.
- Neo-Latin, apparently special use of Latin lemurēs (plural) ghosts, specters
- 1790–1800
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