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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Lemures  \Lem"u*res\  (l[e^]m"[-u]*r[=e]z;  E.  l[=e]"m[=u]rz),  n. 
  pl  [L.  See  {Lemur}.] 
  Spirits  or  ghosts  of  the  departed;  specters. 
 
  The  Lars  and  Lemures  moan  with  midnight  plaint. 
  --Milton. 

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