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Where does “leporine” come from?

leporine (English) comes from Latin leporinus, from Latin lepus — a hare; a poisonous sea fish colored like the...

leporine (English): Of, relating to, or resembling a hare or rabbit

Definitions

  1. Of, relating to, or resembling a hare or rabbit

Ancestry of “leporine”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinleporinus—
2Latinlepusa hare; a poisonous sea fish colored like the...
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