n. Any of various plant-eating mammals of the order Lagomorpha, having fully furred feet and two pairs of upper incisors and including the rabbits, hares, and pikas. [From New Latin Lagomorpha, order name : Greek lagōs, hare; see slēg- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots + Greek morphē, shape.] |
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