Meaning

1 senses
  1. A congenital malformation of the upper lip, reminiscent of the mouth of a hare.

    Hasenscharte

    за́ячья губа́zájačʹja gubá

    a congenital cleft in the middle of the upper lip

Examples

2 sentences
  1. Harelip is an older term, now seen as derogatory, for the condition known as cleft lip.

  2. Fishblood Tom was the son of Lionheart John and Harelip Mary.

Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
congenital malformation of the upper lip:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
congenital malformation of the upper lip:

Origin

From hare + lip.

From hare + lip.

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Forms

plural: harelips
Singularharelip
Pluralharelips

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words
RelatedlipA2hare

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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