- lemur
- (L). A ghost, spirit
Dictionary of word roots and combining forms . Donald J. Borror. 2013.
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lémur — lémur … Dictionnaire des rimes
lémur — [ lemyr ] n. m. • 1873; de lémur(iens) ♦ Zool. Maki. ⊗ HOM. Lémure. lémur [lemyʀ] n. m. ÉTYM. 1873, Larousse; de lémur(iens). ❖ ♦ Zool. Maki. || Le lémur est un lémurien de Madagas … Encyclopédie Universelle
Lemur — Le mur (l[=e] m[u^]r), n. [L., a ghost, specter. So called on account of its habit of going abroad by night.] (Zo[ o]l.) One of a family ({Lemurid[ae]}) of nocturnal mammals allied to the monkeys, but of small size, and having a sharp and foxlike … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
lemur — lèmūr m <G lemúra> DEFINICIJA zool. polumajmun, iz porodice Lemuroidae, živi u šumama Madagaskara, u Africi i u JI Aziji; maki ETIMOLOGIJA nlat. lemur, v. lemuri … Hrvatski jezični portal
Lemur — bezeichnet: in der römischen Mythologie den Geist eines Verstorbenen, siehe Lemures in der Biologie eine Teilordnung der Primaten, siehe Lemuren in der Science Fiction Serie Perry Rhodan die Vorfahren aller Menschenabkömmlinge … Deutsch Wikipedia
Lemur — Lemur, Affe, so v.w. Maki … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Lemur — Lemur, s. Maki … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Lemur [1] — Lemur, Lemures. bei den alten Römern was Manes, besonders die Larvae s. d.; am 9., 11. und 13. Mai wurde ein eigenes Sühnfest (Lemuria) gefeiert … Herders Conversations-Lexikon
Lemur [2] — Lemur, Affe, s. Maki … Herders Conversations-Lexikon
lèmūr — m 〈G lemúra〉 zool. polumajmun, iz porodice Lemuroidae, živi u šumama Madagaskara, u Africi i u JI Aziji; maki … Veliki rječnik hrvatskoga jezika
lemur — nocturnal Madagascar mammal, 1795, coined by Linnaeus, from L. lemures (pl.) spirits of the dead in Roman mythology. So called for its nocturnal habits and ghostly stares. Lemuria (1864) was the name given by P.L. Sclater to a hypothetical… … Etymology dictionary
