varying hare

American  

noun

1. snowshoe hare.

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Etymology

Origin of varying hare

First recorded in 1775–85

Example Sentences

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

From A Synopsis of the North American Lagomorpha by Hall, E. Raymond (Eugene Raymond)

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

From Woodcraft by Kreps, E. H. (Elmer Harry)

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.

From The Story of the Trapper by Laut, A. C.

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.

From God's Country—And the Woman by Curwood, James Oliver

Next to musk-rat the most plentiful fur taken by the Indian, though not highly esteemed by the trader, will be that of the rabbit or varying hare.

From The Story of the Trapper by Laut, A. C.