lagomorph

lag·o·morph  (lg-môrf)

n.

Any of various plant-eating mammals having fully furred feet and two pairs of upper incisors and belonging to the order Lagomorpha, which includes the rabbits, hares, and pikas.

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[From New Latin Lagomorpha, order name : Greek lags, hare; see slg- in Indo-European roots + Greek morph, shape.]

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lago·morphic (-fk), lago·morphous (-fs) adj.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

lagomorph - relative large gnawing animals; distinguished from rodents by having two pairs of upper incisors specialized for gnawing gnawing mammal eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal - mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials Duplicidentata - in former classifications considered a suborder of Rodentia coextensive with the order Lagomorpha: gnawing animals Lagomorpha, order Lagomorpha - rabbits; hares; pikas; formerly considered the suborder Duplicidentata of the order Rodentia leporid, leporid mammal - rabbits and hares mouse hare, pika, rock rabbit, cony, coney - small short-eared burrowing mammal of rocky uplands of Asia and western North America