harelip

See also: hare lip

English

A baby with a harelip

Etymology

hare +‎ lip

Pronunciation

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Noun

harelip (plural harelips)

(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: hareskaar
Dutch: hazenlip (nl) f
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
Icelandic: héravör f
Irish: bearna mhíl f, bearna ghiorria f, gnás f, failc f, séanas m
Japanese: 口唇裂 (こうしんれつ, kōshinretsu), 兎唇 (としん, toshin, いぐち, iguchi, みつくち, mitsukuchi), also spelled: 兎欠 (iguchi), 兎口 (mitsukuchi), 欠唇 (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
Swedish: harmynthet 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)

(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

Pre-Hlai, Ralphie, ralphie