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

She caught up the leveret into her arms, and began to caress it with an affectionate murmuring.

From Mashi and Other Stories by Tagore, Rabindranath

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

In fact he had to, else the nice young leveret he carried would have trailed on the ground.

From The Island of Gold A Sailor's Yarn by Stables, Gordon