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n. Any of several small arboreal, mostly nocturnal primates chiefly of the family Lemuridae of Madagascar and adjacent islands, having large eyes, a long slim muzzle, and a long tail.

n. Any prosimian of the infraorder Lemuriformes, native only to Madagascar and some surrounding islands.

n. One of a family (Lemuridæ) of nocturnal mammals allied to the monkeys, but of small size, and having a sharp and foxlike muzzle, and large eyes. They feed upon birds, insects, and fruit, and are mostly natives of Madagascar and the neighboring islands, one genus (Galago) occurring in Africa. The slow lemur or kukang of the East Indies is Nycticebus tardigradus. See galago, indris, and colugo.

n. The typical genus of Lemuridæ and Lemurinæ.

n. A member of the genus Lemur, in the widest sense; anylemurine, lemuroid, or prosimian.

n. Some animal like a lemur. See flying-lemur and Galeopithecus.

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

"HANNA: All right, the lemur is a very rare animal."

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