lemur meaning

Definition of lemur

1. large-eyed arboreal prosimian having foxy faces and long furry tails

   Type of: primate

   Kinds: Madagascar cat, aye-aye, slender loris, slow loris, potto, angwantibo, galago, indri, woolly indris

lemur in a sentence

• Archaeoindris fontoynontii was a gorilla-sized lemur.
• Madame Berthe's mouse lemur is the smallest primate in the world.
• Lemurs are native to Madagascar.
• Lemurs are not monkeys.

How to pronounce lemur

lemur is pronounced /ˈlimɚ/ in American English. It has 2 syllables, with the stress on the first syllable.

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