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Where does “lebre” come from?

lebre (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese lebre, from Latin lepus — a hare; a poisonous sea fish colored like the...

lebre (Portuguese): hare, rabbit

Definitions

  1. hare, rabbit

Ancestry of “lebre”, step by step

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