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    WOOD RABBIT

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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)play

    Synonyms:

    cottontail; cottontail rabbit; wood rabbit

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    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("wood rabbit" 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 "wood rabbit"):

    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 "wood rabbit"):

    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 ("wood rabbit" is a member of...):

    genus Sylvilagus; Sylvilagus (North American rabbits)

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