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Lepus

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Lep⋅us

[lep-uhs, lee-puhs]
–noun, genitive Lep⋅o⋅ris [lep-er-is] . Astronomy.
the Hare, a small southern constellation south of Orion.

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Le·pus   (lē'pəs)   
n.  A constellation in the Southern Hemisphere near Orion and Columba.

[Latin, from lepus, hare.]
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