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LEPORIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Leporidae mean?
• LEPORIDAE (noun)
The noun LEPORIDAE has 1 sense:
1. hares and rabbits
Familiarity information: LEPORIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Hares and rabbits
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Leporidae; Leporidae
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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