varying hare

noun

1. snowshoe hare.

Word History and Origins

Origin of varying hare¹

First recorded in 1775–85

Example Sentences

They are woven from the skins of the snowshoe rabbit, or varying hare, cut into strips for the purpose.

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A parasitological reconnaissance in Alaska with particular reference to varying hares.

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Except one year in seven, when a rabbit plague spares the land by cutting down their prolific numbers, the varying hare is plentiful enough to sustain the Indian.

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Here in the North it is the varying hare, the rabbit, that feeds the children of the trap-lines and the marten and fox they trap, and every seventh year there comes a mysterious disease.

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Control of coat color in the varying hare, Lepus americanus Erxleben.

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