MARSH HARE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A wood rabbit of marshy coastal areas from North Carolina to Florida

Synonyms:

marsh hare; swamp rabbit; Sylvilagus palustris

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Nouns denoting animals

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

cottontail; cottontail rabbit; wood rabbit (common small rabbit of North America having greyish or brownish fur and a tail with a white underside; a host for Ixodes pacificus and Ixodes scapularis (Lyme disease ticks))

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