noun🔗ShareAny strepsirrhine primate of the infraorder Lemuriformes, superfamily Lemuroidea, native only to Madagascar and some surrounding islands."During our trip to Madagascar, we saw many playful lemurs swinging through the trees. "animalbiologynatureorganismChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAny of the genus Lemur, represented by the ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta)."The zookeeper showed the children the lemurs playing in their enclosure. "animalorganismbiologynatureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA loris (Lemur tardigradus, now Loris tardigradus), predating the 10th edition of Systema Naturæ."While modern scientists now call them lorises, old books used to refer to these nocturnal primates as lemurs, a term that has since been updated in scientific classification. "animalbiologyorganismnatureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading