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Lepus

American  
[lep-uhs, lee-puhs] / ˈlɛp əs, ˈli pəs /

noun

Astronomy.
Leporis genitive
  1. the Hare, a small southern constellation south of Orion.


Lepus British  
/ ˈlɛpəs, ˈliː- /

noun

  1. a small constellation in the S hemisphere lying between Orion and Columba

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of Lepus

From Latin

Example Sentences

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The ancient Greeks thought of the constellation Canis Major as a dog chasing Lepus, the hare.

From National Geographic Jul. 10, 2015

"We trained them in California to associate food with clicking sounds, so that they would head in any direction you clicked from," says Lepus Producer A.C.

From Time Magazine Archive

For that matter, Hoagland notes, Bugs Bunny was less obviously a member of the genus Lepus than were such precursors as Peter and Br'er Rabbit.

From Time Magazine Archive

In The Night of the Lepus, Janet Leigh is hungrily eyed by 1,500 mad, mutant rabbits, photographed so that they appear six feet tall.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ella and Brigit found Jason outside the Lepus dormitory.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton

The team succeeded in observing R Leporis with the best resolution ever, 5 milli-arcsec, which is the equivalent of being able to see a single human hair two and a half miles away.

From Science Daily Nov. 15, 2023

For their demonstration observations, the team chose R Leporis, a star in the final stage of stellar evolution, located approximately 1,535 light-years away from Earth.

From Science Daily Nov. 15, 2023

It culminates Jan. 24th. α Leporis is sometimes called Arsh.

From A Field Book of the Stars by Olcott, William Tyler

The star κ Leporis is a rather close double, white with a small green companion.

From Half-hours with the Telescope Being a Popular Guide to the Use of the Telescope as a Means of Amusement and Instruction. by Proctor, Richard A. (Richard Anthony)

A line drawn from Rigel, in Orion, to β Leporis, and prolonged as far again, ends near α and β, the two brightest stars in Columba.

From A Field Book of the Stars by Olcott, William Tyler

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