jackrabbit
Americanadjective
verb (used without object)
Etymology
Origin of jackrabbit
First recorded in 1925–30; see origin at jack rabbit
Example Sentences
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It features animals such as white-tailed deer, jackrabbit, alligator snapping turtle, lake sturgeon, blue jay and roseate spoonbill.
From BBC • Jul. 13, 2021
He never was a jackrabbit and seems content with the hundreds of other ways that we show love.
From Slate • Oct. 11, 2020
He spent his first night camping in Tulare, where he ate a jackrabbit.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 13, 2019
One key souvenir from that mating: a jackrabbit version of agouti, the gene that normally revs up its activity and turns snowshoe fur white in the winter, the researchers report today in Science.
From Science Magazine • Jun. 21, 2018
The jackrabbit had dodged, dug in, taken a hard right turn, which apparently surprised the coyotes enough to throw their pace off so that the rabbit maintained at least a small lead.
From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen
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