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POLAR HARE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does polar hare mean?
• POLAR HARE (noun)
The noun POLAR HARE has 1 sense:
1. a large hare of northern North America; it is almost completely white in winter
Familiarity information: POLAR HARE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 ("polar 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 ("polar hare" is a member of...):
genus Lepus; Lepus (type genus of the Leporidae: hares)
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