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MARSH HARE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does marsh hare mean?
• MARSH HARE (noun)
The noun MARSH HARE has 1 sense:
1. a wood rabbit of marshy coastal areas from North Carolina to Florida
Familiarity information: MARSH HARE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A wood rabbit of marshy coastal areas from North Carolina to Florida
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
marsh hare; swamp rabbit; Sylvilagus palustris
Hypernyms ("marsh hare" is a kind of...):
cottontail; cottontail rabbit; wood rabbit (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))
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