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wood rabbit

American  

noun

  1. a cottontail.


Etymology

Origin of wood rabbit

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

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My mom read “Watership Down,” and that wood rabbit that’s in the movie — my mom carved that.

From Washington Post • Jan. 6, 2017

In the Mallee country there is abundance of work, cutting down mallee, picking up dead wood, rabbit destruction, etc.

From Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia by Morris, Edward Ellis

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