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· Latin
lemurēs
2 English words descend from Latin
lemurēs
, most common first.
lemur
Any strepsirrhine primate of the superfamily Lemuroidea, native only to Madagascar and some surrounding islands.
lemures
The spirits or ghosts of the dead, considered as malignant.