lag·o·morph (l g  -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. [From New Latin Lagomorpha, order name : Greek lag  s, hare; see sl g- in Indo-European roots + Greek morph, shape.]lag o·morphic (-f k), lago·morphous (-fs) adj. |
lagomorph [ˈlægəʊˌmɔːf]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) any placental mammal of the order Lagomorpha, having two pairs of upper incisors specialized for gnawing: includes pikas, rabbits, and hares
[via New Latin from Greek lagōs hare; see -morph]
lagomorphic , lagomorphous adj
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| Noun | 1. |  lagomorph - relative large gnawing animals; distinguished from rodents by having two pairs of upper incisors specialized for gnawingeutherian, 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 |
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