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
Fish and Wildlife Service found impressive parallels between cottontail and golden eagle populations in western states.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 29, 2022
The small, leaping tracks of cottontail rabbits, the tiny tracks of field mice, and the feather-stitching tracks of snowbirds.
From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder
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