Leporiform
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Synonym of rabbitlike.
"I conclude that the concept of a rabbit bears a naturalistically specifiable relation R to rabbits that it does not bear to such intervening entities as leporiform packets of light, retinal images, and thalamic projections of such images."
Synonyms
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More examples"I conclude that the concept of a rabbit bears a naturalistically specifiable relation R to rabbits that it does not bear to such intervening entities as leporiform packets of light, retinal images, and thalamic projections of such images."
Etymology
From Latin lepus (“hare”) + -iform.
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