Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lepus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.73 in modern English

Syllables: le-p-us
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A winter constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a rabbit. It lies south of the constellation Orion.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lepus (“rabbit, hare”).

Derived Forms

Leporis

Questions

What does lepus mean?: A winter constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a rabbit. It lies south of the constellation Orion.
Where does lepus come from?: Borrowed from Latin lepus (“rabbit, hare”).

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