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Definition of lemures

Lemures
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. The Lars and Lemures moan with midnight plaint. --Milton.

Meaning of lemures from wikipedia

- customs. The word lemures can be traced to the PIE stem *lem-, which also appears in the name of the Gr**** monster Lamia. Lemures may represent the wandering...
- Lemurs (/ˈliːmər/ LEE-mər) (from Latin lemures – "ghosts" or "spirits") are wet-nosed primates of the superfamily Lemuroidea (/lɛmjʊˈrɔɪdiə/), divided...
- British comedies: etymology of lemur names, part 1" (PDF). Lemur News. 16: 64–70. ISSN 1608-1439. Lux, J. (2008). "What are lemures?" (PDF). Humanitas. 32 (1):...
- Australian marsupial Lemures, wandering and vengeful spirits of the dead in Roman mythology LMTK2 (lemur tyrosine kinase 2), a human gene Lemur (input device)...
- Legend, three individual Lemures named Dark Moon, Lemures, and Nightmare appear as subordinates of the Amazon Trio. These three Lemures are also made members...
- ruffed lemurs of the genus Varecia are strepsirrhine primates and are the largest extant lemurs within the family Lemuridae. Like all living lemurs, they...
- first appearance of lemures in Horace, Epistles ii.2.209. Modern linguists dismiss this connection but find the etymology of lemures obscure. Ovid, Fasti...
- The black lemur (Eulemur macaco) is a species of lemur from the family Lemuridae. Like all lemurs, it is endemic to Madagascar. Originally, the species...
- The crowned lemur (Eulemur coronatus) is a lemur that is 31–36 cm (12–14 in) long and weighs 2 kg (4.4 lb). Its tail is about 42–51 cm (17–20 in) long...
- The bamboo lemurs or gentle lemurs are the lemurs in genus Hapalemur. These medium-sized primates live exclusively on Madagascar. Bamboo lemurs were first...