harelip

See also: hare lip

English

A baby with a harelip

Etymology

From hare +‎ lip.

Pronunciation

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Noun

harelip (plural harelips)

1. (teratology) A congenital malformation of the upper lip, reminiscent of the mouth of a hare.

   Synonym: cleft lip

Related terms

• hare
• lip

 

Translations

congenital malformation of the upper lip

• Afrikaans: haaslip
• Azerbaijani: dovşandodaq, mırıq
• Bulgarian: заешка устна f (zaeška ustna)
• Catalan: llavi leporí m, llavi fes m
• Cherokee: ᏧᏚᎶᏗ (tsudulodi)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 兔脣／兔唇 (zh) (tùchún)

• Danish: hareskår n
• Dutch: hazenlip (nl) f
• Faroese: varraskarð n
• Finnish: huulihalkio (fi)
• French: bec de lièvre (fr) m, bec-de-lièvre (fr) m
• Galician: labio feso m, bico (gl) m, bico gallado m
• German: Hasenscharte (de) f
• Hungarian: nyúlajak (hu), nyúlszáj (hu), ajakhasadék (hu)
• Icelandic: héravör f
• Irish: bearna mhíl f, bearna ghiorria f, gnás f, failc f, séanas m
• Japanese: 口唇裂 (ja) (こうしんれつ, kōshinretsu), 兎唇 (ja) (としん, toshin, いぐち, iguchi, みつくち, mitsukuchi), also spelled: 兎欠 (iguchi), 兎口 (mitsukuchi), 欠唇 (ja) (iguchi), 三つ口 (ja) (mitsukuchi)
• Kalmyk: туула урл (tuula url)
• Korean: 언청이 (ko) (eoncheong'i)
• Latin: labium leporinum n
• Maori: ngutu riwha
• Polish: zajęcza warga f
• Portuguese: lábio leporino m
• Russian: за́ячья губа́ f (zájačʹja gubá)
• Scottish Gaelic: failc f
• Spanish: labio leporino m, cheuto (adjective)
• Swedish: harmynthet (sv) c, läppspalt c
• Tagalog: tangab, bingot
• Turkish: dudak yarığı (tr), tavşan dudağı (tr)
• Vietnamese: sứt môi (vi)

Verb

harelip (third-person singular simple present harelips, present participle harelipping, simple past and past participle harelipped)

1. (transitive) To curse (as if by causing a harelip),

   I don't care if it harelips the governor.

   I'm gonna get them doors open if it harelips everybody on Bear Creek!

Anagrams

• Phairel, Ralphie, Pre-Hlai, ralphie