Definition of Lemurines

1. lemurine [n] - See also: lemurine

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lemurines

lemonwood
lemonwood tree
lemonwoods
lemony
lemoynite
lempira
lempiras
lemur
lemures
lemurian
lemurians
lemurid
lemuridae
lemurids
lemurine
lemurines (current term)
lemurlike
lemuroid
lemuroidea
lemuroids
lemurs
lenaite
lenalidomide
lend
lend-lease
lend a hand
lend a helping hand
lend an ear
lend itself to
lend oneself

Literary usage of Lemurines

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1897)
"... with the full number of premo- lars, is appropriate especially for the American fossil lemurines. Moreover, this name has the advantage of showing that ..."

2. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1897)
"... it appears probable that none of American fossil lemurines can be considered as ancestral to either the recent Lemurs or Apes. ..."

3. Report of the Annual Meeting (1863)
"... incisors of other lemurines are formed according to their specific shape and sizo, before they protrude from the gum : they acquire so much development ..."

4. On the Anatomy of Vertebrates by Richard Owen (1868)
"The cardiac part of the stomach is large in all lemurines, fig. 328, a: but the py- loric part rarely protrudes to the right of the pylorus, ..."

5. Transactions of the Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland by Academy of Medicine in Ireland (1902)
"In the lemurines this part of the digestive canal varies in length. In many species it is about three times as long as the body. ..."

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