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lemur

noun
🔊/ˈliːmə(r)/
🔊/ˈliːmər/
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  1. an animal like a monkey, with thick fur and a long tail, that lives in trees in Madagascar狐猴（栖居于马达加斯加岛）Topics Animalsc2
    Word Originlate 18th cent.: modern Latin, from Latin lemures (plural) ‘spirits of the dead’ (from its spectre-like face).