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Definition of lemurs in Turkish Turkish dictionary
- lemur
- Maki de denilen bir maymun cinsi
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Definition of lemurs in English English dictionary
- plural of lemur
- Cleese's woolly lemurs
- plural form of Cleese's woolly lemur
- flying lemurs
- plural form of flying lemur
- greater bamboo lemurs
- plural form of greater bamboo lemur
- hairy-eared dwarf lemurs
- plural form of hairy-eared dwarf lemur
- lemur
- Any animal of the prosimians, making up the infraorder Lemur, the evolutionary predecessors of monkeys and apes, native only to Madagascar and some surrounding islands
- lemur
- Any animal of the prosimians, making up the infraorder Lemuriformes, the evolutionary predecessors of monkeys and apes, native only to Madagascar and some surrounding islands
- lemur
- See Galago, Indris, and Colugo
- lemur
- large-eyed arboreal prosimian having foxy faces and long furry tails
- lemur
- They feed upon birds, insects, and fruit, and are mostly natives of Madagascar and the neighboring islands, one genus (Galago) occurring in Africa
- lemur
- The slow lemur or kukang of the East Indies is Nycticebus tardigradus
- lemur
- 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
- lemur
- {i} any of a number of small monkey-like nocturnal mammals that live in trees (common to Madagascar and the Comoro Islands)
- lemur
- A lemur is an animal that looks like a small monkey and has a long tail and a face similar to that of a fox. an animal that looks like a monkey and has a long thick tail (lemures ). In general, any of the prosimian primates (including galagos), all of which have a naked, moist tip to their muzzle; comblike, forward-directed lower front teeth; and clawlike nails on the second toes of the feet. More strictly, the name refers to the typical lemurs (the nine species in the family Lemuridae), found only on Madagascar and the Comoro Islands, which have large eyes; a foxlike face; a slender, monkeylike body; and long hind limbs. All lemurs are docile and gregarious. Species range from 5 in. (13 cm) to about 2 ft (60 cm) long. The bushy tail may be longer than the body, and the woolly fur is reddish, gray, brown, or black. Most are active at night and spend most of their time in trees, eating fruits, leaves, buds, insects, and small birds and birds' eggs. A number of species are listed as endangered
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lemurs
Turkish pronunciation
limırzPronunciation
/ˈlēmərz/ /ˈliːmɜrz/
Etymology
[ 'lE-m&r ] (noun.) 1795. New Latin, from Latin lemures, plural, ghosts.Resimler
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