lêmure

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See also: lemure, Lemure, and lémure

Portuguese

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lêmure (sense 2)

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin lemures (the ghosts of the dead).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: lê‧mu‧re

Noun

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lêmure m (plural lêmures) (Brazilian Portuguese spelling)

  1. (Roman mythology) lemures (spirits or ghosts of the dead)
  2. lemur (strepsirrhine primate of the infraorder Lemuriformes, superfamily Lemuroidea)