Lepus Definition

lēpəs
noun
A S constellation between Eridanus and Canis Major.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • genus Lepus
pronoun

(astronomy) A winter constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a rabbit. It lies south of the constellation Orion.

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Origin of Lepus

  • From Latin lepus, a "rabbit, hare"

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin from lepus hare

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Lepus Sentence Examples

  • Only one species of hare is found in Brazil, the Lepus brasiliensis, and but one also of the squirrel (Scyurus).

  • Till recently the rabbit has generally been known scientifically as Lepus cuniculus, but it is now frequently regarded, at least by systematic naturalists, as the representative of a genus by itself, under the The Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus).

  • The chief variety is the common grey or cottontail (Lepus floridanus).

  • Till within the last few years the majority of naturalists followed the practice of including all the members of the family in the genus Lepus.

  • Lyon, in which by far the largest number of species of the family are retained in the original genus Lepus, which has also the widest geographical distribution of all the genera.

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