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Hare (Zo logy various species)

in zoölogy, various species of Lepus, specially L. timidus. It does not make a burrow like the rabbit, but lurks in a seat or form, which it varies according to the season, and in severe weather betakes itself to the woods. It is, properly speaking, a nocturnal animal and is very prolific. Modern science places it among the rodents, with which its anatomical construction entirely agrees. In astronomy Lepus, one of the 15 ancient S. constellations.