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Definition of Leporine
1. a. Of or pertaining to a hare; like or characteristic of, a hare.
Definition of Leporine
1. Adjective. of, relating to, or resembling a hare or rabbit. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Leporine
1. resembling a rabbit or hare [adj]
Medical Definition of Leporine
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Leporine
Literary usage of Leporine
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Land of Sunshine by Charles Fletcher Lummis (1899)
"Practicability was a leading motive, as well as attractive appearance and the
result of the undertaking was the production of the " leporine," which soon ..."
2. A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1900)
"leporine, belonging to a hare. ... Leveret ; see leporine. Leviathan. (L. - Heb.)
Late L. leviathan, Job xl. 20 (Vulgate). ..."
3. Gardeners Chronicle, the Horticultural Trade Journal (1897)
"Mr. THOMAS CHRISTY inquired what position the so-called Belgian hare or leporine
occupied in relation to the question of hybridity ; and was answered that ..."
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