英语词汇lemur的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	lemur
词源	lemur. The great Swedish botanist Linnaeus named this abo- real primate after the ancient Roman lemures, frightening specters of the dead, so naming them because of their ghostly appearance (pale face and black eyes) and their nocturnal habits.
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