- family Lemuridae
- nountypical lemurs; of Madagascar• Syn: ↑Lemuridae• Hypernyms: ↑mammal family• Member Holonyms: ↑Lemuroidea, ↑suborder Lemuroidea• Member Meronyms: ↑genus Lemur
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family Lemuridae
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