ARCTIC HARE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Arctic hare mean? 

• ARCTIC HARE (noun)
  The noun ARCTIC HARE has 1 sense:

1. a large hare of northern North America; it is almost completely white in winter

  Familiarity information: ARCTIC HARE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARCTIC HARE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Arctic hare; Lepus arcticus; polar hare

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)