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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Lemures

/(lĕm"ū̇*rēz; E. lē"mūrz)/ · Lem·u·res · IPA /ˈlɛmjəriːz/
01 n. pl. Spirits or ghosts of the departed; specters.
  1. 1.
    Spirits or ghosts of the departed; specters.
    “The Lars and Lemures moan with midnight plaint.” Milton.