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Definition of Lemuroids
1. lemuroid [n] - See also: lemuroid
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lemuroids
Literary usage of Lemuroids
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1898)
"On the Brains of two Sub-Fossil Malagasy lemuroids. ... For comparison with the
brains of living lemuroids the figures published by P. Gervais* are the best ..."
2. A Manual of Palaeontology for the Use of Students with a General by Henry Alleyne Nicholson, Richard Lydekker (1889)
"In the case of fossil forms it appears, indeed, that the lemuroids can only be
distinguished from the Insectivores by the absence of the cleft in the ..."
3. A Manual of Palæontology, for the Use of Students: For the Use of Students by Henry Alleyne Nicholson, Richard Lydekker (1889)
"Since, moreover, as we have stated under the head of the • Insectivora, it is
probable that Insectivores and lemuroids are descended from the same ancestral ..."
4. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1876)
"The opponens is distinct in the lemuroids. ... FLEXOR BREVIS POLLICIS is generally
not altogether distinct from the ABDUCTOR POLLICIS in the lemuroids, ..."
5. Summarized Proceedings ... and a Directory of Members by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1876)
"The opponens is distinct in the lemuroids. ... FLEXOR BREVIS POLLICIS is generally
not altogether distinct from the ABDUCTOR POLLICIS in the lemuroids, ..."
6. A Geographical History of Mammals by Richard Lydekker (1896)
"Hence it is probable that to this fauna we must look for the ancestors of the
Malagasy mammals. The only lemuroids closely allied to those of Madagascar are ..."
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