lemur

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈliːmə(ɹ)/

Noun

colloquial obsolete

(colloquial) Any strepsirrhine primate of the infraorder Lemuriformes, superfamily Lemuroidea, native only to Madagascar and some surrounding islands.

Japanese Meaning

マダガスカルおよびその周辺の島々に固有の、ストレプシリナ類に属する霊長類。

What is this buttons?

While hiking at dusk, we watched a lemur leap gracefully from branch to branch in the canopy.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

夕暮れにハイキングしていると、樹冠で枝から枝へ優雅に飛び移るマダガスカル原産のキツネザルを見ました。

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Sense（1）

(colloquial) Any strepsirrhine primate of the infraorder Lemuriformes, superfamily Lemuroidea, native only to Madagascar and some surrounding islands.

Sense（2）

Any of the genus Lemur, represented by the ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta).

Sense（3）

(obsolete) A loris (Lemur tardigradus, now Loris tardigradus), predating the 10th edition of Systema Naturæ.

lemurs

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