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COTTONTAIL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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)
Synonyms:
cottontail; cottontail rabbit; wood rabbit
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("cottontail" is a kind of...):
coney; cony; rabbit (any of various burrowing animals of the family Leporidae having long ears and short tails; some domesticated and raised for pets or food)
Meronyms (parts of "cottontail"):
hare; rabbit (flesh of any of various rabbits or hares (wild or domesticated) eaten as food)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cottontail"):
eastern cottontail; Sylvilagus floridanus (widely distributed in United States except northwest and far west regions)
canecutter; swamp hare; swamp rabbit; Sylvilagus aquaticus (a wood rabbit of southeastern United States swamps and lowlands)
marsh hare; swamp rabbit; Sylvilagus palustris (a wood rabbit of marshy coastal areas from North Carolina to Florida)
Holonyms ("cottontail" is a member of...):
genus Sylvilagus; Sylvilagus (North American rabbits)
