leveretnoun [ C ]
/ˈlev.ər.ɪt//ˈlev.ər.ɪt/a young hare (= an animal like a large rabbit):
a hare and her leverets
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- Two or three litters of up to four young, called leverets, are born every year.
- Leverets are born with fur.
- He spotted a leveret in the garden.
- A lurcher remains quietly in the hedge with the rabbit or leveret in his mouth till a sign bids him approach.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Animal young
- baby
- bugger
- calf
- calves
- chick
- colt
- cub
- fledgling
- foal
- frogspawn
- fry
- gosling
- heifer
- litter
- owlet
- peachick
- piglet
- pup
- puppy
- spawn
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