Lepus

See also: lepus

Translingual

Lepus capensis

Etymology

Latin lepus (“hare”)

Proper noun

Lepus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Leporidae – the hares and jackrabbits.

Synonyms

• (genus): Subsumed into Lepus: , , , ,

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass; Placentalia/Eutheria - infraclass; Lagomorpha - order; Leporidae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): , , , , , , , ,  - subgenera
  •  - type species; Lepus californicus, Lepus capensis, Lepus europaeus - selected species

References

• Hare on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Lepus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Lepus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lepus (“rabbit, hare”).

Proper noun

Lepus

1. (astronomy) A winter constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a rabbit. It lies south of the constellation Orion.

Derived terms

• Leporis

Translations

winter constellation of the northern sky

• French: Lièvre (fr) m
• Galician: Lebre (gl)
• German: Hase (de) m
• Greek: Λαγωός (el) m (Lagoós)

  Ancient: Λαγώς m (Lagṓs)

• Irish: an Giorria m
• Japanese: 兎座 (ja) (うさぎざ, Usagiza)
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• Low German:

  German Low German: Haas m, Hoos m

• Malay: Arnab
• Polish: Zając (pl) m
• Russian: Заяц (Zajac)
• Spanish: Lepus

Anagrams

• pules, pulse, pusle

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Spanish

Proper noun

Lepus ?

1. (astronomy) Lepus (winter constellation of the northern sky)