FAMILY LEPORIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Leporidae mean? 

• FAMILY LEPORIDAE (noun)
  The noun FAMILY LEPORIDAE has 1 sense:

1. hares and rabbits

  Familiarity information: FAMILY LEPORIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY LEPORIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Hares and rabbits

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Leporidae; Leporidae

Hypernyms ("family Leporidae" is a kind of...):

mammal family (a family of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "family Leporidae"):

leporid; leporid mammal (rabbits and hares)

genus Oryctolagus; Oryctolagus (Old World rabbits)

genus Sylvilagus; Sylvilagus (North American rabbits)

genus Lepus; Lepus (type genus of the Leporidae: hares)

Holonyms ("family Leporidae" is a member of...):

Lagomorpha; order Lagomorpha (rabbits; hares; pikas; formerly considered the suborder Duplicidentata of the order Rodentia)