lemur
noun/ˈliːmə(r)/
/ˈliːmər/
- an animal like a monkey, with thick fur and a long tail, that lives in trees in MadagascarTopics Animalsc2Word Originlate 18th cent.: modern Latin, from Latin lemures (plural) ‘spirits of the dead’ (from its spectre-like face).
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