Word Meanings - MAKI - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A lemur. See Lemur.

LEMURIA
A hypothetical land, or continent, supposed by some to have existed formerly in the Indian Ocean, of which Madagascar is a remnant. Herschel.
LEMUROID
Like or pertaining to the lemurs or the Lemuroidea. -- n.
LEMURID
See LEMUROID
LEMUR
One of a family 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
LEMURIDOUS; LEMURINE
Lemuroid.
LEMUROIDEA
A suborder of primates, including the lemurs, the aye-aye, and allied species.
LEMURES
Spirits or ghosts of the departed; specters. The Lars and Lemures moan with midnight plaint. Milton.