lemur

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lemur - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.]
     (Zool.)
     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.
     [1913 Webster]

lemur - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  lemur
      n 1: large-eyed arboreal prosimian having foxy faces and long
           furry tails