Definition of "lemur" in English

noun

1. Any strepsirrhine primate of the superfamily Lemuroidea, native only to Madagascar and some surrounding islands.

2. Any of the genus Lemur, represented by the ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta).

3. (obsolete) A loris (Lemur tardigradus, now Loris tardigradus), predating the 10th edition of Systema Naturæ.