Lepus
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Lepus capensis 
The constellation Lepus
See also: lepus
Translingual
Etymology
Proper noun
Lepus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Leporidae – 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 (mountain hare) - type species; Lepus californicus (black-tailed jackrabbit), Lepus capensis (Cape hare), Lepus europaeus (European hare) - 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
Translations
winter constellation of the northern sky
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Anagrams
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Proper noun
Lepus ?