leveret
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of leveret
First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English, from Anglo-French, diminutive of levre, Old French lievre, from Latin leporem, accusative of lepus “hare”; see -et
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But, he added, capturing rare images such as a hare feeding her leveret on someone's back lawn was "just amazing".
From BBC ● May 17, 2025
“C’m’ere, you dreadful little rogue! I’ve got the very thing for you. This is a leveret dagger. All young hares carry one. Here, let’s try it on you for size, young buccaneer, what, what!”
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
The heavy rains, it is true, greatly distressed the leveret.
From Creatures of the Night A Book of Wild Life in Western Britain by Alfred Wellesley Rees
"Why are you shrieking like a dying leveret, little one?" replied a deep voice.
From A Captive of the Roman Eagles by Felix Dahn
He spoke in Saxon, the language of the country folk, but at the first words a figure sprang up and dodged from shrub to rock like a scared leveret.
From In the Days of the Guild by Louise Lamprey
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