EUROPEAN HARE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does European hare mean? 

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

1. large hare introduced in North America; does not turn white in winter

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• EUROPEAN HARE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large hare introduced in North America; does not turn white in winter

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

European hare; Lepus europaeus

Hypernyms ("European 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 ("European hare" is a member of...):

genus Lepus; Lepus (type genus of the Leporidae: hares)