The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word LEMUR which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2016.
Animal whose name is derived from the Latin for "ghosts" crossword clue answers
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| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| LEMUR | 100 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Animal whose name is derived from the Latin for "ghosts"
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Crossword Answer definitions
LEMUR noun- Any strepsirrhine primate of the infraorder Lemuriformes, superfamily Lemuroidea, native only to Madagascar and some surrounding islands.
- Any of the genus Lemur, represented by the ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta).
- A loris (Lemur tardigradus, now Loris tardigradus), predating the 10th edition of Systema Naturæ.
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