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Cottontail

noun

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). Synonyms: cottontail rabbit, wood rabbit.

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"Cottontail" Quotes from Famous Books

... Monahans, Tex., and those of others at numerous localities, combined with our own, show that at various times the dens furnish protection and shelter for various species of cottontail rabbits (Sylvilagus), ground squirrels (Citellus and Ammospermophilus), wood rats (Neotoma), grasshopper mice (Onychomys), rattlesnakes (Crotalus), and most of the common lizards. Of these the ground squirrels Citellus tereticaudus ...

— Life History of the Kangaroo Rat • Charles T. Vorhies and Walter P. Taylor

... him travel in the bush. Hear ver' queer singin'. Never hear not'ing like that before. Look all round see where it come. Wah! he see cottontail rabbits singing and making medicine. They mak' fire. Got plenty hot ashes. They lie down in those ashes and sing, and another rabbit cover them up with ashes. They not stay there ver' long for cause those ...

— The Woman from Outside - [on Swan River] • Hulbert Footner

Words linked to "Cottontail" : genus Sylvilagus, canecutter, rabbit, cottontail rabbit, Sylvilagus floridanus, Sylvilagus aquaticus, coney, marsh hare, eastern cottontail, swamp rabbit, Sylvilagus, hare, swamp hare, cony, Sylvilagus palustris, wood rabbit