different between lepus vs jackrabbit

Latin

Etymology

Unknown; not an Indo-European word. Perhaps of Iberian or Celtiberian substrate origin and related to Massaliot ??????? (leb?rís).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?le.pus/, [????p?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?le.pus/, [?l??pus]

Noun

lepus m (genitive leporis); third declension

1. a hare

2. a poisonous sea fish colored like the hare
3. (astronomy) the constellation Lepus

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Coordinate terms

• (hare): cun?culus, dasyp?s

Derived terms

• lepor?rius
• lepor?nus
• lepusculus

Descendants

References

• lepus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• lepus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• lepus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• lepus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Lithuanian

Etymology

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Adjective

lepùs m (feminine lepì) stress pattern 4

1. fastidious, spoilt

   Jis lepus ir visada galvoja tik apie save

   He is so fastidious and always thinking only about himself.

English

Etymology

Blend of jackass +? rabbit

Noun

jackrabbit (plural jackrabbits)

1. any of several large North American hares of the genus Lepus

Usage notes

• Used attributively to describe a sudden, rapid movement

  His jackrabbit start helped him win the race.

Hypernyms

• rabbit

Related terms

• jackrabbit start

Translations

Verb

jackrabbit (third-person singular simple present jackrabbits, present participle jackrabbiting, simple past and past participle jackrabbited)

1. (US) To make a sudden, rapid movement