leveret

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But, he added, capturing rare images such as a hare feeding her leveret on someone's back lawn was "just amazing".

From BBC • May 17, 2025

“C’m’ere, you dreadful little rogue! I’ve got the very thing for you. This is a leveret dagger. All young hares carry one. Here, let’s try it on you for size, young buccaneer, what, what!”

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

Here, one starry April night, in a snug “form” prepared by the mother hare, a leveret was born.

From Creatures of the Night A Book of Wild Life in Western Britain by Rees, Alfred Wellesley

But to the leveret she said, “Obey him, as though he were thine own father.”

From Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales by Bain, R. Nisbet (Robert Nisbet)

These exploits, however, brought their own punishment; for one day, when in the act of seizing a leveret, she found herself caught in a vermin trap, which deprived her of one of her hind legs.

From Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. by Various