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SNOWSHOE RABBIT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does snowshoe rabbit mean?
• SNOWSHOE RABBIT (noun)
The noun SNOWSHOE RABBIT has 1 sense:
1. large large-footed North American hare; white in winter
Familiarity information: SNOWSHOE RABBIT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 rabbit" 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
And leap by leap, like some pale frost wraith, the snowshoe rabbit flashed on ahead.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
High in the air, and straight up, soared the shape of white, now a struggling snowshoe rabbit that leaped and bounded, executing a fantastic dance there above him in the air and never once returning to earth.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
At the mouth of the Tahkeena, one night after supper, Dub turned up a snowshoe rabbit, blundered it, and missed.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
They had made short work of the snowshoe rabbit, these dogs that were ill-tamed wolves; and they were now drawn up in an expectant circle.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
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