Lepus

See also: lepus

Translingual

Lepus capensis

Etymology

Latin lepus (“hare”)

Proper noun

Lepus m

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

Synonyms

(genus): Subsumed into Lepus: Allolagus, Boreolagus, Chionobates, Eulepus, Lagos

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): Lepus (Eulagos), Lepus (Indolagus), Lepus (Lepus), Lepus (Macrotolagus), Lepus (Poecilolagus), Lepus (Proeulagus), Lepus (Sabanalagus), Lepus (Sinolagus), Lepus (Tarimolagus) - subgenera
- Lepus timidus - 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

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Lepus

(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)

Low German:
German Low German: Haas m, Hoos m
Malay: Arnab
Polish: Zając (pl) m
Russian: Заяц (Zajac)
Spanish: Lepus

Anagrams

pules, pulse, pusle

Spanish

Proper noun

Lepus ?

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

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