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Where does “leveret” come from?

leveret (English) comes from Old French lievre, from Latin lepus — a hare; a poisonous sea fish colored like the...

leveret (English): A young hare

Definitions

  1. A young hare

Ancestry of “leveret”, step by step

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