lemuroid
lemurlike; of the lemur kind.
a lemur.
Origin of lemuroid
1Words Nearby lemuroid
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024
How to use lemuroid in a sentence
Tarsier, tr′si-er, n. a small arboreal East Indian lemuroid, the malmag.
A lemuroid form of mammal, believed to be of the type from which man has descended, has also been found in these beds.
A History of Science, Volume 3(of 5) | Henry Smith WilliamsThe only skull of a fossil lemuroid which he described (namely, Adapis) he declared to be that of an ungulate.
The Last Link | Ernst HaeckelFrom the lemuroid branch the higher Primates can be derived.
The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia | Frank Evers BeddardIt appears, however, to be a lemuroid, and is of American range.
The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia | Frank Evers Beddard
British Dictionary definitions for lemuroid
lemurine (ˈlɛmjʊˌraɪn, -rɪn)
/ (ˈlɛmjʊˌrɔɪd) /
of, relating to, or belonging to the superfamily Lemuroidea, which includes the lemurs and indrises
resembling or closely related to a lemur
an animal that resembles or is closely related to a lemur
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Browse