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LEMURIDAE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Typical lemurs; of Madagascar

Synonyms:

family Lemuridae; Lemuridae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Lemuridae" is a kind of...):

mammal family (a family of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Lemuridae"):

genus Lemur (type genus of the Lemuridae)

Holonyms ("Lemuridae" is a member of...):

Lemuroidea; suborder Lemuroidea (Lemuridae; Lorisidae; Daubentoniidae; Indriidae; used in some classifications instead of Prosimii; in others considered a subdivision of Prosimii)

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