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CANECUTTER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does canecutter mean?
• CANECUTTER (noun)
The noun CANECUTTER has 1 sense:
1. a wood rabbit of southeastern United States swamps and lowlands
Familiarity information: CANECUTTER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A wood rabbit of southeastern United States swamps and lowlands
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
canecutter; swamp hare; swamp rabbit; Sylvilagus aquaticus
Hypernyms ("canecutter" 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))
Holonyms ("canecutter" is a member of...):
genus Sylvilagus; Sylvilagus (North American rabbits)
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