Definition of Leporidae

1. Noun. Hares and rabbits.


Definition of Leporidae

1. leporid [n] - See also: leporid

Lexicographical Neighbors of Leporidae

Lepiota rubrotincta
Lepiotaceae
Lepisma saccharina
Lepismatidae
Lepisosteidae
Lepisosteus
Lepisosteus osseus
Lepista irina
Lepomis
Lepomis gibbosus
Lepomis macrochirus
Lepomis punctatus
Lepontic
Lepore haemoglobin
Leporidae
Leptarrhena
Leptarrhena pyrolifolia
Leptinotarsa
Leptinotarsa decemlineata
Leptodactylidae
Leptodactylus
Leptodactylus pentadactylus
Leptoglossus
Leptolithic
Leptopteris
Leptopteris superba
Leptoptilus
Leptoptilus crumeniferus

Literary usage of Leporidae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1904)
"In the leporidae, the hares and rabbits, the gait is a curious mixture of ... The leporidae show no especial digital modification other than the simple ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"From the picas the hares and rabbits (leporidae) are distinguished by the imperfect clavicles, the more or less elongated hind-limbs, snort recurved tail ..."

3. Reports and Papers by Iowa Geological Survey (1914)
"... and the leporidae. The first named family comprises the picas, or tailless hares, small animals which live in holes among the rocks, in mountainous ..."

4. Iowa Geological Survey: Report (1914)
"The leporidae include the rabbits and hares. They are distributed over most of the world, being without representatives only in Madagascar, Australia, ..."

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