murine
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The thorough investigation into its anatomy that has now been made, demonstrates that it has no more essential affinity to rodents than any other lemurine creature has.
From On the Genesis of Species by Mivart, St. George
Among them are the aborted index finger of the lemurine Potto, and the thumbless hands of Colobus and Ateles, the "life-saving action" of either of which he thinks incredible.
From Darwinism (1889) by Wallace, Alfred Russel
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