leporide
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of leporide
From French, dating back to 1875–80; see origin at leporid
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The leporide fattens rapidly, and with but little expenditure of food.
From The Stock-Feeder's Manual the chemistry of food in relation to the breeding and feeding of live stock by Sir Charles Alexander Cameron
There were small long-eared hares, suggesting the leporide; sign of gazelles appeared; and the Bedawin spoke of wolves and hyenas, foxes and jackals.
From The Land of Midian — Volume 1 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
This member of the leporide species called Vermorel "bombic."
From History of the Commune of 1871 by P. Lissagary
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