Lemur

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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