| 释义 | 
		  lemur /lēˈmər/     noun- Any member of the Lemuroidea /lem-ū-roidˈi-ə/ or Prosimiae, a group of long-tailed mammals related to the monkeys, forest dwellers, mainly nocturnal, common in Madagascar (pl lēˈmurs)
 - An ancient Roman ghost of the dead (pl lemures /lemˈū-rēz/)
     ORIGIN: L lemurēs ghosts   Lemuria /li-mūˈri-ə/   noun - (pl) an ancient Roman festival (9, 11 and 13 May) when ghosts were exorcized
 - (sing) a hypothetical vanished continent where the Indian Ocean now lies, posited to explain the distribution of lemurs
    lemurian /li-mūˈri-ən/, lemurine /lemˈū-rīn/ or lemˈūroid  noun and  adjective    |