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hare | cottontail |

As a verb hare

is .

As a noun cottontail is

a rabbit of any of various species in genus.

hare

English

(wikipedia hare)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) ).

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any of several plant-eating animals of the family Leporidae, especially of the genus Lepus , similar to a rabbit, but larger and with longer ears.
  • The player in a paperchase, or hare and hounds game, who leaves a trail of paper to be followed.
  • Derived terms
    * arctic hare * Belgian hare * brown hare * European hare * hare and hounds * harebell * harebrained * hare lip * hold with the hare and run with the hounds * March hare * mountain hare * Patagonian hare * sea hare * snowshoe hare * springhare

    See also

    * form (qualifier, hare's home) * leveret (young hare) * jackrabbit (type of hare)

    Verb

    (har)
  • To move swiftly.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=February 4 , author=Gareth Roberts , title=Wales 19-26 England , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=But Wales somehow snaffled possession for fly-half Jones to send half-back partner Mike Phillips haring away with Stoddart in support. }}
    Synonyms
    * * *

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) (m), , (m).

    Alternative forms

    *

    Verb

    (har)
  • (obsolete) To excite; to tease, or worry; to harry.
  • (John Locke)

    Anagrams

    * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l), (l) ----

    cottontail

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A rabbit of any of various species in genus .
  • (nudism) A person with a tanned body and untanned buttocks resembling a cottontail rabbit's dark fur and light tail.
  • Synonyms

    * (rabbit) cottontail rabbit

    Hyponyms

    * (certain rabbits in genus) swamp rabbit, tapeti, Dice's cottontail, omilteme cottontail, marsh rabbit, desert cottontail, Mexican cottontail, eastern cottontail, mountain cottontail, Appalachian cottontail, Allegheny cottontail, robust cottontail, New England cottontail, brush rabbit

    See also

    * ("cottontail" on Wikipedia) * (Sylvilagus) * (cottontail)