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Definition of Leporidae
1. Noun. Hares and rabbits.
Generic synonyms: Mammal Family
Group relationships: Lagomorpha, Order Lagomorpha
Member holonyms: Leporid, Leporid Mammal, Genus Oryctolagus, Oryctolagus, Genus Sylvilagus, Sylvilagus, Genus Lepus, Lepus
Definition of Leporidae
1. leporid [n] - See also: leporid
Lexicographical Neighbors of Leporidae
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, ..."