SNOWSHOE HARE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does snowshoe hare mean? 

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

1. large large-footed North American hare; white in winter

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SNOWSHOE HARE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large large-footed North American hare; white in winter

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Lepus americanus; snowshoe hare; snowshoe rabbit; varying hare

Hypernyms ("snowshoe 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)

 Context examples 

As spruce trees follow behind, they must pass through a "snowshoe hare filter."

(Race across the tundra: White spruce vs. snowshoe hare, National Science Foundation)

After Mills and his students published a series of papers describing the snowshoe hare coat color mismatch, its effect on survival, and how it is likely to increase under climate change, they turned their attention to a global perspective.

(Twenty-one species adapted to disappear in the snow. Then, the snow disappeared, National Science Foundation)

In Alaska's far north, it's become the race of the white spruce tree and the snowshoe hare.

(Race across the tundra: White spruce vs. snowshoe hare, National Science Foundation)

Scientists at the National Science Foundation (NSF) Bonanza Creek Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) site in Alaska are working to understand interactions between changing tree lines and plant-eating animals such as the snowshoe hare.

(Race across the tundra: White spruce vs. snowshoe hare, National Science Foundation)