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  • noun Plural form of lagomorph.

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Examples

  • And then there's the problem that rabbits - which are actually not rodents, as commonly believed, but their own genus called lagomorphs - are attracted to homegrown gardens for much the same reason we are: They taste good.

    coloradoan.com - Local News 2010

  • And then there's the problem that rabbits - which are actually not rodents, as commonly believed, but their own genus called lagomorphs - are attracted to homegrown gardens for much the same reason we are: They taste good.

    coloradoan.com - Local News 2010

  • If you know what the members of these groups looked like, you’ll understand why positing an affinity between them and lagomorphs is so radical.

    Archive 2006-05-01 Darren Naish 2006

  • The lagomorphs are the members of the taxonomic order Lagomorpha, of which there are two families, the Leporidae (hares and rabbits), and the Ochotonidae (pikas).

    Video: Kitteh Team-Up - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009

  • Five pages previously, Grzimek writes that rabbits and hares are not rodents, but that they form a separate group, the lagomorphs, and, “According to the composition of the blood fluid, the lagomorphs are closer to some hoofed mammals than to rodents.”

    Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011

  • Yes | No | Report from Elmer Fudd wrote 31 weeks 5 days ago rats, mice, and lagomorphs everybody thinks rats carry rabies, but no.

    Next rabies question ~~~~~ If hunting rabbits, squirrels, deer, or raccoons, which kind of hunting poses the most risk regard 2009

  • Five pages previously, Grzimek writes that rabbits and hares are not rodents, but that they form a separate group, the lagomorphs, and, “According to the composition of the blood fluid, the lagomorphs are closer to some hoofed mammals than to rodents.”

    Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011

  • Yes | No | Report from Elmer Fudd wrote 31 weeks 5 days ago rats, mice, and lagomorphs everybody thinks rats carry rabies, but no.

    Next rabies question ~~~~~ If hunting rabbits, squirrels, deer, or raccoons, which kind of hunting poses the most risk regard 2009

  • Five pages previously, Grzimek writes that rabbits and hares are not rodents, but that they form a separate group, the lagomorphs, and, “According to the composition of the blood fluid, the lagomorphs are closer to some hoofed mammals than to rodents.”

    Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011

  • Five pages previously, Grzimek writes that rabbits and hares are not rodents, but that they form a separate group, the lagomorphs, and, “According to the composition of the blood fluid, the lagomorphs are closer to some hoofed mammals than to rodents.”

    Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011

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