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lemures
Latin · ancient
"spirits of the dead"
the restless spirits of the dead in Roman belief
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lemur
New Latin · 1758
"a wide-eyed nocturnal primate"
coined by Linnaeus for the wide-eyed nocturnal primate, evoking ghostly spirits
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lemur
English · 1795
"a nocturnal primate native to Madagascar"
adopted directly for the nocturnal primate native to Madagascar
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