| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| lagomorph |
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| SYLLABICATION: | lag·o·morph |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  l g  -môrf |
| NOUN: | 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. | | ETYMOLOGY: | From New Latin Lagomorpha, order name : Greek lag s, hare; see sl g- in Appendix I + Greek morph, shape. | | OTHER FORMS: | lago·morphic (-f k) , lago·morphous (-fs) —ADJECTIVE
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