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Leporidae

noun

hares and rabbits

• Syn: ↑family Leporidae

• Hypernyms: ↑mammal family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Lagomorpha, ↑order Lagomorpha

• Member Meronyms:

↑leporid, ↑leporid mammal, ↑Oryctolagus, ↑genus Oryctolagus, ↑Sylvilagus, ↑genus Sylvilagus, ↑Lepus, ↑genus Lepus

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\\ləˈpȯrəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Lepor-, Lepus, type genus + -idae

: a family consisting of the hares and rabbits and with the pikas constituting the order Lagomorpha

Useful english dictionary. 2012.