ARCTIC HARE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A large hare of northern North America; it is almost completely white in winter

Synonyms:

Arctic hare; Lepus arcticus; polar hare

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Arctic hare" is a kind of...):

hare (swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs; young born furred and with open eyes)

Holonyms ("Arctic hare" is a member of...):

genus Lepus; Lepus (type genus of the Leporidae: hares)

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