See also: lemure, Lemure, and lémure

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lêmure (sense 2)

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Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

 

  • Hyphenation: lê‧mu‧re

Noun edit

lêmure m (plural lêmures) (Brazilian spelling)

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