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Lemuroid

Lemuroid \Lem"u*roid\ (l[e^]m"[-u]*roid), a. [Lemur + -oid.] (Zo["o]l.) Like or pertaining to the lemurs or the Lemuroidea. -- n. One of the Lemuroidea.

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lemuroid

a. Of or relating to the primate superfamily Lemuroidea (lemurs) n. A member of the Lemuroidea superfamily of strepsirrhine primates, including lemurs

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But we know that quite early in the Cainozoic period, that is to say some forty million years ago or so, primitive monkeys and lemuroid creatures had appeared, poorer in brain and not so specialized as their later successors.