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Where does “Lemur” come from?

Lemur (Translingual) comes from Latin lemures — shades, ghosts of the departed; ghosts, spectres.

Ancestry of “Lemur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlemuresshades, ghosts of the departed; ghosts, spectres

Words derived from “Lemur”

  • Lemuridae
  • Lemuroidea
  • Lemuriformes
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