Lāg'o-mȳs, n.

noun

n. [Gr. λαγώς, λαγός, hare, and μῦς, mouse, rat.] (Zoöl.) A genus of small animals belonging to the family Leporidæ or hares. They are characterized by having small ears, no tail, and upper incisive teeth so strongly furrowed as to appear double. They are natives of Siberia and Upper India;—sometimes called rat-hare. Baird.

A small, round-bodied pika with short ears and long whiskers sits on the ground. — Lagomys (*L. pusillus*).