Akademik

leporid

noun

rabbits and hares

• Syn: ↑leporid mammal

• Hypernyms: ↑lagomorph, ↑gnawing mammal

• Hyponyms: ↑rabbit, ↑coney, ↑cony, ↑hare

• Member Holonyms: ↑Leporidae, ↑family Leporidae

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I. \\ˈlepərə̇d, -ˌrid\ adjective

Etymology: New Latin Leporidae

: of or relating to the Leporidae

II. noun (-s)

: a mammal of the family Leporidae

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/lep"euh rid/, n., pl. leporidae /li pawr"i dee', -por"-/, adj.

n.

1. an animal of the family Leporidae, comprising the rabbits and hares.

adj.

2. belonging or pertaining to the family Leporidae.

[ < NL Leporidae name of the family, equiv. to Lepor-, s. of Lepus the type genus (L: hare) + -idae -IDAE; see -ID²]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.