Meaning & use
leporine
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Of, relating to, or resembling a hare or rabbit.
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The costume designer gave the character exaggerated leporine ears.
Scientists studied the leporine features of the extinct species' skull.
A note on using this word
Leporine comes from the Latin 'lepus,' meaning hare, the same root behind the scientific family name Leporidae.
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rabbit-like
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