leporiden.
/ˈlɛpərɪd/ An alleged ‘cross’ between a hare and a rabbit.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Lagomorpha (rabbits and hares) > [noun] > family Leporidae > genus Lepus (hares) > lepus europaeus (hare) > cross between hare and rabbit
leporine1862
leporide1880
1880 Libr. Universal Knowl. VIII. 817 Leporide, the name given by the French to a remarkably prolific hybrid between the common European hare and the rabbit.
1886 Encycl. Brit. XX. 193/1 Some few years since many of these animals were sold as leporides or hybrids, produced by the union of the hare and rabbit; but the most careful experimenters have failed to produce any such hybrid.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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