lemon-yellow

(lem’on-yel’0), n. 1. A clear the sweet lime. They lack the acidity of the common lemou.— Water lemon, See water-lemon. pale-yellow color, like that of the rind of a ripe Lemuria q lemon. In entomology it is distinguished from al citron-yellow, which is paler and more greenish. —2, A pigment used by artists, composed of barium chromate. It is of a bright lemon hue and quite permanent, but has little body. Lemur (lé’mér), 7. [NL., so called with ref. to its nocturnal habits and stealthy steps, ¢ L. lemur, only in pl. lemures, a ghost, specter.] 1. The typical genus of Lemuride and Lemurine. It has been more than coextensive with these groups as now understood, but is now restricted to the VU Varied Lemur (Lemur varius). typical Lemuride with a long furry tail, fox-like face, and typical dentition, such as the ring-tailed lemur, L. eatta, and several other species. 2. [l. ¢.] (a) A member of the genus Lemur, in the widest sense; any lemurine, lemuroid, or prosimian. The ring-tailed, red, ruffed, etc., lemurs belong to the genus Lemur. Gray lemurs, with the tail as long as the body, belong to Hapalemur, as H. grise us, which is about 15 inches long. The broad-nosed lemur is Hapalemur sim us. The rather small lemurs with comparatively short tail belong to Lepilemur, as L. mus tel in us. Mouse-lemurs are small species of Chiro gale us. (See cut under Chiro gale us.) Dwarf lemurs belong to Microcebus. The lemurs of continental Africa are mostly referred to the genus Galago. (See cut under Galago.) The woolly lemurs or indris form the subfamily Indrisine, of the genera Indris, Pro pith ecus, and Microrhynchus; some of these are taille . The slender lemurs or loris belong to the genus Leris or Stenops (see cuts under Loris);- the slow lemurs to Vyeticebus. These are Indian, extending to Java, Borneo, Sumatra,and Ceylon. The potto is an African lemur of the genus Per odic tic us, ‘The angwantibo is a taille lemur of the genus Aretocebus. (hb) Some animal like a lemur, See jlying-lemur and Galeopithecus.—Yellow lemur, Samea inkajou,1. Lemur a vide (lem-a-ray’i-dé), ». pl. [NUL., ¢ Lemuravus + -ide.| A family of lemuroid mammals with 44 teeth, from the Lower Eocene of Wyoming, representing a generalized ancestral type. Lemuravus (lem-i-ra’vus), ». [NL.,