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LAGOMORPHA

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Rabbits; hares; pikas; formerly considered the suborder Duplicidentata of the order Rodentia

Synonyms:

Lagomorpha; order Lagomorpha

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Lagomorpha" is a kind of...):

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "Lagomorpha"):

Duplicidentata (in former classifications considered a suborder of Rodentia coextensive with the order Lagomorpha: gnawing animals)

gnawing mammal; lagomorph (relative large gnawing animals; distinguished from rodents by having two pairs of upper incisors specialized for gnawing)

family Leporidae; Leporidae (hares and rabbits)

family Ochotonidae; Ochotonidae (pikas and extinct forms)

Holonyms ("Lagomorpha" is a member of...):

Eutheria; subclass Eutheria (all mammals except monotremes and marsupials)

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