lepus : Idioms & Phrases


genus lepus

  • noun type genus of the Leporidae: hares
    Lepus.
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lepus americanus

  • noun large large-footed North American hare; white in winter
    snowshoe hare; snowshoe rabbit; varying hare.
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lepus arcticus

  • noun a large hare of northern North America; it is almost completely white in winter
    Arctic hare; polar hare.
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lepus californicus

  • noun the common jackrabbit of grasslands and open areas of western United States; has large black-tipped ears and black streak on the tail
    blacktail jackrabbit.
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lepus europaeus

  • noun large hare introduced in North America; does not turn white in winter
    European hare.
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lepus townsendi

  • noun largest hare of northern plains and western mountains of United States; brownish-grey in summer and pale grey in winter; tail nearly always all white
    whitetail jackrabbit; white-tailed jackrabbit.
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