leporine

[lep-uh-rahyn, -rin]

adjective Zoology.

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

Origin of leporine

1650–60; < Latin leporīnus, equivalent to lepor- (stem of lepus) hare + -īnus -ine¹

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Historical Examples of leporine

As regards the nematodes of leporine rodents, probably the most important is Strongylus commutatus.
Parasites
T. Spencer Cobbold
Leporine, lep′o-rīn, adj. pertaining to or resembling the hare.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M)
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British Dictionary definitions for leporine

leporine

adjective

of, relating to, or resembling a hare

Word Origin for leporine

C17: from Latin leporīnus, from lepus hare

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