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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lemur \Le"mur\ (l[=e]"m[u^]r), n. [L., a ghost, specter. So
called on account of its habit of going abroad by night.]
(Zo["o]l.)
One of a family ({Lemurid[ae]}) 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}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
lemur
n : large-eyed arboreal prosimian having foxy faces and long
furry tails
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