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lemuroid

UK/ˈliː.mə(ɹ)ˌɔɪd/

lemuroid adjective: of or relating to the primate superfamily Lemuroidea (lemurs).

Adjective

lemuroid (comparative more lemuroid, superlative most lemuroid)

  1. Of or relating to the primate superfamily Lemuroidea (lemurs)
    • A few recent discoveries, however, expand the temporal range of both lemuroid and lorisoid primates back to the early Tertiary.2006, Kenneth David Rose, The Beginning of the Age of Mammals, →ISBN, page 186
    • The lemuroid dentition is also closely similar to that of the greater glider in having a greater number of cutting edges on the upper molars compared with the common ringtail.1999, Ian D. Hume, Marsupial nutrition, →ISBN, page 195
  2. Resembling a lemur.

Noun

lemuroid (plural lemuroids)

  1. A member of the Lemuroidea superfamily of strepsirrhine primates, including lemurs
    • In M. laniger the canine and most anterior premolar are more equal than in any other Lermuroid, or indeed than in any other Primate except Man.1832, Zoological society of London, “Mr. St. George Mivart On Microrhynchus.”, in Proceedings of the Zoological society of London (1832), page 155
    • Supernumary or vestigal mammae may occur anywhere along the mammary line extinding from axilla to groin. Among lemuroids, however (cf. Shultz 1948), usually one but frequently up to three well-developed mammary pairs are pectoral (including axial), one pair abdominal and one or two pairs inguinal.1977, Philip Hershkovitz, “4 Some Descriptive, Diagnostic, Quasi-diagnostic, and Primitive Mammalian Characters of Living Primates”, in Living New World monkeys (Platyrrhini) - with an introduction...
  2. An animal that has the appearance or characteristics of a lemur

Examples of lemuroid in a sentence

  • In the Paleocene we find remains of small animals intermediate between the tree-shrews and the lemurs, and at the end of the Paleocene the first true Primates, small lemuroid forms.1980, William Diller Matthew, Stephen J. Gould, “Lemurs Monkeys Apes and Man”, in Stephen J. Gould, editor, Outline and general principles...
  • Since that time, the subfossil remains of some six genera and 12 species of extinct lemuroids have been recovered in Madagascar, many of them represented by quite abundant material.1987, Russell L. Ciochon, John G. Fleagle, “10 Notes on the Cranial Anatomy of the Subfossil Malagasy Lemurs”, in Primate evolution and...

Synonyms of lemuroid

Forms of lemuroid

Adjective
comparativemore lemuroid
superlativemost lemuroid
Noun
plurallemuroids

Origin of lemuroid

From lemur + -oid.

Questions about lemuroid

What does lemuroid mean?
Lemuroid means of or relating to the primate superfamily Lemuroidea (lemurs).
How do you use lemuroid in a sentence?
In the Paleocene we find remains of small animals intermediate between the tree-shrews and the lemurs, and at the end of the Paleocene the first true Primates, small lemuroid forms.
What part of speech is lemuroid?
Lemuroid can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce lemuroid?
Lemuroid is pronounced /ˈliː.mə(ɹ)ˌɔɪd/ (UK).

Words near lemuroid in the dictionary

  1. lemuriform
  2. lemuriforms
  3. lemurine
  4. lemurines
  5. lemurlike
  6. lemuroid
  7. lemuroids
  8. lemurs
  9. Lemus
  10. Lemuses
  11. Len

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