Definition of lemurs Lemurs
/liˈmɚz/ - [leemerz] -
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Wiktionary 
- lemurs (Noun)
Plural of lemur.
Part of speech
🔤- lemurs, noun, plural of lemur.
WordNet
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| lemur - large-eyed arboreal prosimian having foxy faces and long furry tails | ||
| primate any placental mammal of the order Primates; has good eyesight and flexible hands and feet | ||
| lemuroidea, suborder lemuroidea Lemuridae; Lorisidae; Daubentoniidae; Indriidae; used in some classifications instead of Prosimii; in others considered a subdivision of Prosimii | ||
| lemur catta, madagascar cat, ring-tailed lemur small lemur having its tail barred with black | ||
| aye-aye, daubentonia madagascariensis nocturnal lemur with long bony fingers and rodent-like incisor teeth closely related to the lemurs | ||
| loris gracilis, slender loris slim-bodied lemur of southern India and Sri Lanka | ||
| nycticebus pygmaeus, nycticebus tardigradua, slow loris stocky lemur of southeastern Asia | ||
| perodicticus potto, kinkajou, potto arboreal fruit-eating mammal of tropical America with a long prehensile tail | ||
| angwantibo, arctocebus calabarensis, golden potto a kind of lemur | ||
| bush baby, bushbaby, galago agile long-tailed nocturnal African lemur with dense woolly fur and large eyes and ears | ||
| indri, indri brevicaudatus, indri indri, indris large short-tailed lemur of Madagascar having thick silky fur in black and white and fawn | ||
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Wiktionary
- lemur (Noun)
Any strepsirrhine primate of the infraorder Lemuriformes, superfamily Lemuroidea, native only to Madagascar and some surrounding islands.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- lemur (n.)
One of a family (Lemuridae) 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.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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lemur
lē′mur, n. a genus of mammals appearing to stand between the Insectivora and the monkeys, forest dwellers, mainly nocturnal in habits, common in Madagascar. [L. lemur, a ghost.]
Wikipedia 
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Lemurs are primates related to the first monkeys and apes. The word "lemur" comes from the Latin word "lemures", which means "spirits of the night". This name refers to many of the nocturnal lemur species and their large eyes.
Lemur may be any member of the four lemuriform families, but it is also the genus of one of the lemuriform species. Other mammals called lemurs are the two flying lemurs, but they are not lemurs.
Lemurs live on the island of Madagascar and some smaller islands next to it, for example the Comoros. They weigh from 30g to the 10kg. Larger species have all become extinct since human groups moved to Madagascar. Usually, the smaller lemurs are active at night (nocturnal), and the larger ones are active during the day (diurnal).
The small lemurs are omnivores, they eat fruits, flowers and leaves (and sometimes nectar), and insects, spiders, and small vertebrates. Some species are herbivores, but they can also eat insects.
Today, there are approximately 32-35 living lemur species. All lemurs are endangered species, because people destroy their habitat and hunt them.
