lemur

lemur
lemur nocturnal Madagascar mammal, 1795, coined by Linnaeus, from L. lemures (pl.) "spirits of the dead" in Roman mythology. So called for its nocturnal habits and ghostly stares. Lemuria (1864) was the name given by P.L. Sclater to a hypothetical ancient continent connecting Africa and Southeastern Asia (and including Madagascar), which was hypothesized to explain phenomena now accounted for by continental drift. Earlier it was the name of the Roman feast of the Lemures.

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  • 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 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • lemur — lèmūr m <G lemúra> DEFINICIJA zool. polumajmun, iz porodice Lemuroidae, živi u šumama Madagaskara, u Africi i u JI Aziji; maki ETIMOLOGIJA nlat. lemur, v. lemuri …   Hrvatski jezični portal

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  • Lemur — Lemur, Affe, so v.w. Maki …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Lemur — Lemur, s. Maki …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Lemur [1] — Lemur, Lemures. bei den alten Römern was Manes, besonders die Larvae s. d.; am 9., 11. und 13. Mai wurde ein eigenes Sühnfest (Lemuria) gefeiert …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • Lemur [2] — Lemur, Affe, s. Maki …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

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