Meanings
comparative more leporiform · superlative most leporiform
- 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.
2014, Christopher S. Hill, Meaning, Mind, and Knowledge, page 80Synonyms: rabbitlike
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveSynonym of rabbitlike.
Origin
- Latinlepor-“hare”
- Englishleporiform
From Latin lepor- (“hare”) + -iform.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
leporiform. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/leporiform
“leporiform.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/leporiform. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “leporiform,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/leporiform.
Source: leporiform on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.