lagomorph

lag·o·morph

L0018100 (lăg′ə-môrf′)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.

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[From New Latin Lagomorpha, order name : Greek lagōs, hare; see slēg- in Indo-European roots + Greek morphē, shape.]

lagomorph

(ˈlæɡəʊˌmɔːf) n (Zoology) any placental mammal of the order Lagomorpha, having two pairs of upper incisors specialized for gnawing: includes pikas, rabbits, and hares[C19: via New Latin from Greek lagōs hare; see -morph] ˌlagoˈmorphic, ˌlagoˈmorphous adj

lag•o•morph

(ˈlæg əˌmɔrf)

n. any member of the order Lagomorpha, comprising the hares, rabbits, and pikas and resembling the rodents but having two pairs of upper incisors. [1880–85; < New Latin Lagomorpha < Greek lagṓ(s) hare + -morpha, neuter pl. of -morphos -morph] lag`o•mor′phic, lag`o•mor′phous, adj.

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lagomorph - relative large gnawing animals; distinguished from rodents by having two pairs of upper incisors specialized for gnawinggnawing mammaleutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal - mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupialsDuplicidentata - in former classifications considered a suborder of Rodentia coextensive with the order Lagomorpha: gnawing animalsLagomorpha, order Lagomorpha - rabbits; hares; pikas; formerly considered the suborder Duplicidentata of the order Rodentialeporid, leporid mammal - rabbits and haresmouse hare, pika, rock rabbit, cony, coney - small short-eared burrowing mammal of rocky uplands of Asia and western North America