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Cottontail

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Noun

1. 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)

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Cottontail

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noun
any of several common rabbits of the genus Sylvilagus, such as S. floridanus (eastern cottontail), of American woodlands

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Cottontail

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noun
any of several common American rabbits (genus Sylvilagus) with a short, fluffy tail that is white underneath

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Cottontail

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n.
Any of several rabbits of the genus Sylvilagus of the Americas, having grayish or brownish fur and a small round tail often with a fluffy white underside.

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