leveret

C2 Topic:Animals
US /ˈlev.ər.ɪt/ UK /ˈlev.ər.ət/
noun Freq #162244

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    a young hare, especially one less than a year old

    The leveret crouched motionless among the spring grass.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · a young hare, especially... young harehareling
Word family
Related forms hareleverine

Etymology

From Middle English leveret, through Anglo-French from levere or levre ("hare"), ultimately from Latin lepus, with a diminutive suffix.

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