different between lemur vs lemming

English

Etymology

From Latin lemur?s (“spirits of the dead”). The name was originally given to the red slender loris (then Lemur tardigradus) in 1754 by Carl Linnaeus. According to Linnaeus, the name was selected because of the nocturnal activity and slow movements of the red slender loris. In 1758, Linnaeus added, among others, the ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta) to the genus Lemur. All other species, including the red slender loris, were eventually moved to other genera. In time, the word became the colloquial name for all primates endemic to Madagascar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?li?m?(?)/
• Rhymes: -i?m?(r)
• Homophone: Lima (in non-rhotic accents)

Noun

lemur (plural lemurs)

1. (colloquial) Any strepsirrhine primate of the infraorder Lemuriformes, superfamily Lemuroidea, native only to Madagascar and some surrounding islands.
2. Any of the genus Lemur, represented by the ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta).
3. (obsolete) A loris (Lemur tardigradus, now Loris tardigradus), predating the 10th edition of Systema Naturæ.

Usage notes

The taxonomy is currently disputed, see Taxonomy of lemurs on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Derived terms

Related terms

• Lemuria

Translations

References

• lemur on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Lemuriformes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Lemuriformes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?l?mur]

Noun

lemur m anim

1. lemur

Derived terms

• lemu?í

Further reading

• lemur in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• lemur in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Icelandic

Verb

lemur (weak)

1. second-person singular present indicative of lemja
2. third-person singular present indicative of lemja

Polish

Noun

lemur m anim

1. lemur (primate)

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?mu?r/
• Hyphenation: le?mur

Noun

lèm?r m (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. lemur

Declension

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin lemures (“spirits”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l??m??r/

Noun

lemur c

1. a lemur

Declension

Anagrams

• Lerum

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

From Danish and Norwegian lemming, from Old Norse lómundr, læmingi, læmingr (“lemming”), perhaps from Sami luomek.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /l?m.??/
• Rhymes: -?m??

Noun

lemming (plural lemmings)

1. A small Arctic and Subarctic rodent from any of six genera of similar rodents.
2. (figuratively) Any member of a group given to conformity or groupthink, especially a group poised to follow a leader off a cliff.

Derived terms

• bog lemmings, Synaptomys spp.
• collared lemmings, Dicrostonyx spp.
• steppe lemming, Lagurus lagurus
• true lemmings, Lemmus spp.
• wood lemming, Myopus schisticolor
• yellow steppe lemmings, Eolagurus spp.

Translations

Dutch

Etymology

From Danish and Norwegian lemming, from Old Norse lómundr, læmingi, læmingr (“lemming”), perhaps from Sami luomek.

Pronunciation

Noun

lemming m (plural lemmingen or lemmings, diminutive lemminkje n)

1. lemming (rodent)

Anagrams

• glimmen

Further reading

• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

French

Etymology

From Danish and Norwegian lemming, from Old Norse lómundr, læmingi, læmingr (“lemming”), perhaps from Sami luomek.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?.mi?/

Noun

lemming m (plural lemmings)

1. lemming

Further reading

• “lemming” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Portuguese

Noun

lemming m (plural lemmings)

1. Alternative form of lémingue

Spanish

Etymology

From Danish and Norwegian lemming, from Old Norse lómundr, læmingi, læmingr (“lemming”), perhaps from Sami luomek.

Noun

lemming m (plural lemmings)

1. lemming (rodent)