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

An innocent-looking basket or small sack-bag of mushrooms has before now, when turned upside down, been discovered to contain a couple of rabbits or a fine young leveret.

From The Gamekeeper At Home Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life by Jefferies, Richard

Amid its cool shadows the leveret dwelt in solitude.

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

Suddenly he felt the bride, seated by his side, give a little start and a suppressed scream; a leveret, scampering into the room, had brushed across her feet.

From Mashi and Other Stories by Tagore, Rabindranath