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Definition of Lemurs

1. lemur [n] - See also: lemur

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lemurs

Literary usage of Lemurs

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1896)
"During the Oligocène every trace of these lemurs disappeared in the northern ... To our complete ignorance of the lemurs during the long intermediate period ..."

2. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1888)
"An Additional Contribution to the Placentation of the lemurs. ... The examination ived in these lemurs that the placental villi were diffused over the iter ..."

3. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington by Biological Society of Washington (1907)
"Gerrit S. Miller, Jr. THE NOMENCLATURE OF THE FLYING-lemurs. ... name must therefore be adopted for the Malayan flying-lemurs, as its more familiar use fora ..."

4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"The discovery of the remains of lemurs in America and Europe rendered such ... In general, however, the lemurs show much resemblance to the Anthropoidea. ..."

5. The Origin and Evolution of the Human Dentition by William King Gregory (1922)
"ADAPTIVE RADIATION OF THE DENTITION IN THE HIGHER lemurs OF MADAGASCAR. ... But their true status as lemurs is revealed by the retention of many highly ..."

6. Geology, Physical and Historical by Herdman Fitzgerald Cleland (1916)
"The first known members (lemurs) date back to the earliest Eocene deposits, ... Monkeys and lemurs lived in North America during the Eocene, but disappeared ..."

7. Geology, Physical and Historical by Herdman Fitzgerald Cleland (1916)
"The first known members (lemurs) date back to the earliest Eocene deposits, ... Monkeys and lemurs lived in North America during the Eocene, but disappeared ..."

8. Arboreal Man by Frederic Wood Jones (1916)
"Some lemurs might almost be called arboreal jumpers, and among them the Bornean ... But with some other lemurs the most puzzling feature of the problem is ..."

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