SWAMP HARE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does swamp hare mean? 

• SWAMP HARE (noun)
  The noun SWAMP HARE has 1 sense:

1. a wood rabbit of southeastern United States swamps and lowlands

  Familiarity information: SWAMP HARE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SWAMP HARE (noun)

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 ("swamp 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))

Holonyms ("swamp hare" is a member of...):

genus Sylvilagus; Sylvilagus (North American rabbits)