leporine

American  

[lep-uh-rahyn, -rin] / ˈlɛp əˌraɪn, -rɪn /

adjective

Zoology.

1. of, relating to, or resembling a rabbit or hare.

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leporine British  

/ ˈlɛpəˌraɪn /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or resembling a hare

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Etymology

Origin of leporine

First recorded in 1650–60; from Latin leporīnus, equivalent to lepor- (stem of lepus “hare”) + -īnus -ine ¹

Example Sentences

"I make cameos in my films as dying animals," reveals the 41-year-old, who follows up his chilling leporine screech with the agonised low moan he gave an expiring deer in his previous directorial effort.

From BBC

A prominent set of front teeth and a prodigious appetite for carrots inspired Shaw’s brother, Kentardo, to coin her leporine nickname, which she loathed at first until she “grew into it”.

From The Guardian

This may be partially because of a decline in the local rabbit population due to rabbit calicivirus, a widespread leporine hemorrhagic disease.

From National Geographic

The secondary characters are somewhat disquieting: whose uncle, exactly, is Uncle Yawn, given that he’s human, not leporine?

From The New Yorker

Again I rejoice, beyond all count or measure, over the first leporine murder committed by myself, the same furthered by means of a rest on a forked tree.

From Project Gutenberg