Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In Guiana and the British West Indies, the larva of a cerambycid beetle of the genus Prionus. This larva is, or was, eaten by both whites and blacks, after cleaning and roasting.
Wiktionary
- n. obsolete Any of several species of lemur.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of small lemurs, as Lemur murinus, which resembles a rat in size.
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bilby's Words
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1800 Woodcuts by Thomas Bewick and Hi...
Bizarre stuff found there. Note that archaic terms are occasionally not spelled the way we spell them today; in these cases I've tried to link to the modernized spelling (where known) on the word p...
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chained_bear Yeah, I thought macaques were monkeys, not lemurs, but too lazy to double-check. Thanks, Pro! Aug 25, 2008
Prolagus It's actually a ring-tailed lemur, Lemur catta! Aug 25, 2008
chained_bear The "ring-tailed macauco," illustrated here, looks like a macaque. (Nice modern color photo here.) Aug 25, 2008