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Image:Ring tailed lemurs.jpg|thumb|Ring tailed lemurs
English
wikipedia
Pronunciation
/�li�m�(r)/, /<tt>"li:m@(r)</tt>/
Homophones
Lima (in non-rhotic accents)
Etymology
L. lemures, spirits of the night (probably from the animals' nocturnal behaviour/behavior and large, reflective eyes).
Noun
lemur (plural lemurs)
- Any animal of the prosimians, making up the infraorder Lemuriformes, the evolutionary predecessors of monkeys and apes, native only to Madagascar and some surrounding islands.
Translations
Bosnian: lehmur m
Esperanto: lemuro
French: lémur m
German: Lemur m, Lemure m
Hebrew: ���ר|�ֶ��ּר
Hungarian: makimajom
Interlingua: lemure#Interlingua|lemure
Italian: lemure#Italian|lemure m
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Japanese: ã�ã��ã��ã�¶ã�« (kitsunezaru)
Korean: ì�¬ì�°ì��ì�ì�´ (yeou-weonsungi)
Lithuanian: lemūras m
Norwegian: lemur m
Portuguese: lêmure m
Russian: лем�� (l'emúr) m
Swedish: lemur#Swedish|lemur
Romanian: lemur
Polish: lemur
Dutch: lemur
Serbian: Roman lemur
Related terms
Lemuria
See also
w:Lemur|Wikipedia article on the lemur
Category:Primates
Swedish
Noun
lemur c (pl lemurer, def sing lemuren, def pl lemurerna)
- lemur
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