Lemures

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

  Lemures \Lem"u*res\ (l[e^]m"[-u]*r[=e]z; E. l[=e]"m[=u]rz), n.
     pl. [L. See {Lemur}.]
     Spirits or ghosts of the departed; specters.
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           The Lars and Lemures moan with midnight plaint.


                                                    --Milton.
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