LAGOMORPH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lagomorph mean? 

• LAGOMORPH (noun)
  The noun LAGOMORPH has 1 sense:

1. relative large gnawing animals; distinguished from rodents by having two pairs of upper incisors specialized for gnawing

  Familiarity information: LAGOMORPH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LAGOMORPH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Relative large gnawing animals; distinguished from rodents by having two pairs of upper incisors specialized for gnawing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

gnawing mammal; lagomorph

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

eutherian; eutherian mammal; placental; placental mammal (mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lagomorph"):

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

leporid; leporid mammal (rabbits and hares)

coney; cony; mouse hare; pika; rock rabbit (small short-eared burrowing mammal of rocky uplands of Asia and western North America)

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

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

 Context examples 

This lagomorph also has pink eye color with genotype np.

(California Rabbit, NCI Thesaurus)

This lagomorph's small size lends itself to studies in which the study drug is available in smaller quantities or if housing space is a consideration.

(Dutch Belted Rabbit, NCI Thesaurus)

This lagomorph has non-pigmented skin and long slender ears which allows for ease of visualization of peripheral vasculature, thus facilitating phlebotomical procedures.

(New Zealand White Rabbit, NCI Thesaurus)

A smaller sized lagomorph, the Dutch belted rabbit has black hindquarters, ears and black patches around the eyes while the feet, face, and front half of the body are white.

(Dutch Belted Rabbit, NCI Thesaurus)