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lemure

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lem⋅u⋅res

[lem-yuh-reez; Lat. lem-oo-res]
–plural noun Roman Religion.
the ghosts of the dead of a family, considered as troublesome unless exorcised or propitiated; larvae.

Origin:
1545–55; < L; see lemur
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