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leporide|ˈlɛpərɪd|
[ad. F. léporide, f. L. lepor-, lepus hare: see -ide.]
An alleged ‘cross’ between a hare and a rabbit.
1880Libr. Univ. Knowl. VIII. 817 Leporide, the name given by the French to a remarkably prolific hybrid between the common European hare and the rabbit. 1886Encycl. Brit. XX. 193/1 Some few years since many of these animals were sold as leporides or hybrids, produced by the union of the hare and rabbit; but the most careful experimenters have failed to produce any such hybrid. |