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lemuroid en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈliː.mə(ɹ)ˌɔɪd/ (UK)

Etymology

From lemur + -oid.

Meanings

1. Of or relating to the primate superfamily Lemuroidea (lemurs)
   • A few recent discoveries, however, expand the temporal range of both lemuroid and lorisoid primates back to the early Tertiary. 2006, Kenneth David Rose, The Beginning of the Age of Mammals, →ISBN, page 186:
   • The lemuroid dentition is also closely similar to that of the greater glider in having a greater number of cutting edges on the upper molars compared with the common ringtail. 1999, Ian D. Hume, Marsupial nutrition, →ISBN, page 195:
   • 1. In the Paleocene we find remains of small animals intermediate between the tree-shrews and the lemurs, and at the end of the Paleocene the first true Primates, small lemuroid forms. 1980, William Diller Matthew, Stephen J. Gould, “Lemurs Monkeys Apes and Man”, in Stephen J. Gould, editor, Outline and general principles of the history of life, →ISBN, page 222:
2. Resembling a lemur.

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Synonyms

lemurine · lemuridous

lemuroid en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈliː.mə(ɹ)ˌɔɪd/ (UK)

Etymology

From lemur + -oid.

Meanings

1. A member of the Lemuroidea superfamily of strepsirrhine primates, including lemurs
   • At a meeting of the Royal Society held on June 15, 1893, C.I. Forsyth Major descirbed the skull of an extinct Malagasy primate, the first to come to scientific attention (Major, 1894). Since that time, the subfossil remains of some six genera and 12 species of extinct lemuroids have been recovered in Madagascar, many of them represented by quite abundant material. 1987, Russell L. Ciochon, John G. Fleagle, “10 Notes on the Cranial Anatomy of the Subfossil Malagasy Lemurs”, in Primate evolution and human origins, →ISBN, page 72:
   • In M. laniger the canine and most anterior premolar are more equal than in any other Lermuroid, or indeed than in any other Primate except Man. 1832, Zoological society of London, “Mr. St. George Mivart On Microrhynchus.”, in Proceedings of the Zoological society of London (1832), page 155:
   • Supernumary or vestigal mammae may occur anywhere along the mammary line extinding from axilla to groin. Among lemuroids, however (cf. Shultz 1948), usually one but frequently up to three well-developed mammary pairs are pectoral (including axial), one pair abdominal and one or two pairs inguinal. 1977, Philip Hershkovitz, “4 Some Descriptive, Diagnostic, Quasi-diagnostic, and Primitive Mammalian Characters of Living Primates”, in Living New World monkeys (Platyrrhini) - with an introduction to Primates, volume 1, →ISBN, Mammae, page 18:
2. An animal that has the appearance or characteristics of a lemur

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