leporine

English

Etymology

Latin lepus (“hare”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛpəɹaɪn/

Adjective

leporine (not comparable)

1. Of, relating to, or resembling a hare or rabbit.

   His leporine ears perked up at the mention of dessert.

Synonyms

• see rabbitlike

Translations

of a hare or rabbit

• Finnish: jänis- (fi), jänisten, kani- (fi), kanien (of or relating to); jänismäinen, kanimainen (resembling)
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• Russian: за́ячий (ru) (zájačij) (of a hare), кро́личий (ru) (króličij) (of a rabbit)

Anagrams

• preen oil, rope line

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Italian

Adjective

leporine

1. feminine plural of leporino