RING-TAILED LEMUR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ring-tailed lemur mean? 

• RING-TAILED LEMUR (noun)
  The noun RING-TAILED LEMUR has 1 sense:

1. small lemur having its tail barred with black

  Familiarity information: RING-TAILED LEMUR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RING-TAILED LEMUR (noun)

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Meaning:

Small lemur having its tail barred with black

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Lemur catta; Madagascar cat; ring-tailed lemur

Hypernyms ("ring-tailed lemur" is a kind of...):

lemur (large-eyed arboreal prosimian having foxy faces and long furry tails)

Holonyms ("ring-tailed lemur" is a member of...):

genus Lemur (type genus of the Lemuridae)

 Context examples 

"Genital odors of ring-tailed lemurs provide honest information about an individual's absolute and relative MHC (Major Histocompatibility Complex) quality," write the researchers in a paper.

(Lemurs can smell whether a mate's immune genes are a good match, National Science Foundation)