Meaning of lemuroid | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Of or relating to the primate superfamily Lemuroidea (lemurs)
2. Resembling a lemur.

Examples

“A few recent discoveries, however, expand the temporal range of both lemuroid and lorisoid primates back to the early Tertiary.”

“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.”

“1. 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.”

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