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LEPORIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Hares and rabbits

Synonyms:

family Leporidae; Leporidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

mammal family (a family of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Leporidae"):

leporid; leporid mammal (rabbits and hares)

genus Oryctolagus; Oryctolagus (Old World rabbits)

genus Sylvilagus; Sylvilagus (North American rabbits)

genus Lepus; Lepus (type genus of the Leporidae: hares)

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

Lagomorpha; order Lagomorpha (rabbits; hares; pikas; formerly considered the suborder Duplicidentata of the order Rodentia)

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