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Webster 1913 Edition
Lemur
Le′mur
(lē′mŭr)
, Noun.
[L., a ghost, specter. So called on account of its habit of going abroad by night.]
(Zool.)
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 or kukang
of the East Indies is Nycticebus tardigradus
. See Galago
, Indris
, and Colugo
. Webster 1828 Edition
Lemur
LE'MUR
,Noun.
