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SYLVILAGUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

North American rabbits

Synonyms:

genus Sylvilagus; Sylvilagus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Sylvilagus" is a kind of...):

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Sylvilagus"):

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))

canecutter; swamp hare; swamp rabbit; Sylvilagus aquaticus (a wood rabbit of southeastern United States swamps and lowlands)

Holonyms ("Sylvilagus" is a member of...):

family Leporidae; Leporidae (hares and rabbits)

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