ALL meanings of lemur
le·mur
L l - noun lemur any of various small, arboreal, chiefly nocturnal mammals of the family Lemuridae, of Madagascar and the Comoro Islands, especially of the genus Lemur, usually having large eyes, a foxlike face, and woolly fur: most lemurs are endangered. 1
- noun lemur An arboreal primate with a pointed snout and typically a long tail, found only in Madagascar. 1
- noun lemur monkey-like mammal 1
- countable noun lemur A lemur is an animal that looks like a small monkey and has a long tail and a face similar to that of a fox. 0
- noun lemur any Madagascan prosimian primate of the family Lemuridae, such as Lemur catta (the ring-tailed lemur). They are typically arboreal, having foxy faces and long tails 0
- noun lemur any similar or closely related animal, such as a loris or indris 0
- noun lemur any of a family (Lemuridae) of prosimian primates with large eyes, a long tail, a pointed muzzle, and soft, woolly fur: they are mostly tree-dwelling and nocturnal, and are found only in Madagascar and the Comoro Islands 0
- noun lemur (Colloquial) Any strepsirrhine primate of the infraorder Lemuriformes, superfamily Lemuroidea, native only to Madagascar and some surrounding islands. 0
- noun lemur The genus Lemur, represented by the ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta). 0
- noun lemur (Obsolete (No longer in use)) The genus for a loris (Lemur tardigradus, now Loris tardigradus), predating the 10th edition of Systema Naturæ. 0