lemur

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any strepsirrhine primate of the superfamily Lemuroidea, native only to Madagascar and some surrounding islands.
    — "Lemurs are naturally very social," said Mukobi. "Wild lemurs live in big family groups, and different species do really well together. Plus, the new lemur habitat is quite large, so each family group can have their own space when they choose to."
  2. Any of the genus Lemur, represented by the ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta). dated
  3. A loris (Lemur tardigradus, now Loris tardigradus), predating the 10th edition of Systema Naturæ. obsolete

词形变化

lemurs plural

词汇关系

衍生词
bamboo lemur Bemaraha woolly lemur black-and-white ruffed lemur black lemur Cleese's woolly lemur dwarf lemur fat-tailed lemur. fat-tailed dwarf lemur flying lemur fork-marked lemur gentle lemur giant mouse lemur greater bamboo lemur Groves' dwarf lemur hairy-eared dwarf lemur koala lemur lemuriform lemurlike lemuroid lemur-tail seahorse Madame Berthe's mouse lemur mouse lemur ring-tailed lemur ruffed lemur Sanford's brown lemur Sanford's lemur slow lemur sportive lemur subfossil lemur true lemur woolly lemur
相关词
lemures Lemuria

词源

Etymology tree
Latin lemurēsbor.
English lemur
From Latin lemurēs (“spirits of the dead”). The name was originally given to the red slender loris (then Lemur tardigradus) in 1754 by Carl Linnaeus. According to Linnaeus, the name was selected because of the nocturnal activity and slow movements of the red slender loris. In 1758, Linnaeus added, among others, the ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta) to the genus Lemur. All other species, including the red slender loris, were eventually moved to other genera. In time, the word became the colloquial name for all primates endemic to Madagascar.
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