cottontail
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of cottontail
Example Sentences
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Tourani points to the eastern cottontail as an example.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 4, 2023
The same study found that marsh and cottontail rabbits and foxes had disappeared from the area.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 18, 2023
It is larger than several U.S. states, and home to 130,000 people and countless bobcats, beavers, muskrats and cottontail rabbits.
From Reuters ● Aug. 12, 2022
It started in 1927, when a man named Charles D. White bought two dozen cottontail rabbits from a dealer in Kansas.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 29, 2022
They were drinking at midday from a shallow ford crossing an overgrown track to a worked-out silver mine when a cottontail started up in the bracken across the water.
From "The Incredible Journey" by Sheila Burnford
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