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ORDER LAGOMORPHA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does order Lagomorpha mean?
• ORDER LAGOMORPHA (noun)
The noun ORDER LAGOMORPHA has 1 sense:
1. rabbits; hares; pikas; formerly considered the suborder Duplicidentata of the order Rodentia
Familiarity information: ORDER LAGOMORPHA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Rabbits; hares; pikas; formerly considered the suborder Duplicidentata of the order Rodentia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Lagomorpha; order Lagomorpha
Hypernyms ("order Lagomorpha" is a kind of...):
animal order (the order of animals)
Meronyms (members of "order Lagomorpha"):
Duplicidentata (in former classifications considered a suborder of Rodentia coextensive with the order Lagomorpha: gnawing animals)
gnawing mammal; lagomorph (relative large gnawing animals; distinguished from rodents by having two pairs of upper incisors specialized for gnawing)
family Leporidae; Leporidae (hares and rabbits)
family Ochotonidae; Ochotonidae (pikas and extinct forms)
Holonyms ("order Lagomorpha" is a member of...):
Eutheria; subclass Eutheria (all mammals except monotremes and marsupials)
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