cottontail rabbit

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• cottontail rabbit — noun common small rabbit of North America having greyish or brownish fur and a tail with a white underside; a host for Ixodes pacificus and Ixodes scapularis (Lyme disease ticks) • Syn: ↑wood rabbit, ↑cottontail • Hypernyms: ↑rabbit, ↑coney,… …   Useful english dictionary

• Cottontail rabbit — Cottontail redirects here. For other uses, see Cottontail (disambiguation). Cottontail rabbits[1] Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus). Cottontail Rabbits eat grass, ferns, and leaves …   Wikipedia

• cottontail rabbit papillomavirus — a species of papillomavirus that causes rabbit papilloma …   Medical dictionary

• rabbit papillomavirus — cottontail rabbit p …   Medical dictionary

• Rabbit haemorrhagic disease — (RHD), also known as rabbit calicivirus disease (RCD) or viral haemorrhagic disease (VHD), is a highly infectious and often fatal disease that affects rabbits of the species Oryctolagus cuniculus . The infectious agent responsible for the disease …   Wikipedia

• rabbit — rabbitlike, rabbity, adj. /rab it/, n., pl. rabbits, (esp. collectively) rabbit for 1 3. 1. any of several soft furred, large eared, rodentlike burrowing mammals of the family Leporidae, allied with the hares and pikas in the order Lagomorpha,… …   Universalium

• Rabbit (disambiguation) — A rabbit is an animal.Rabbit may also refer to: Species * European Rabbit * Domestic rabbit * Cottontail rabbit, genus Sylvilagus * Amami Rabbit, Pentalagus furnessi , of East Asia * Hares, genus Lepus , also known as jackrabbits, snowshoe… …   Wikipedia

• rabbit — I. /ˈræbət / (say rabuht) noun 1. a small, long eared, burrowing lagomorph, Oryctolagus cuniculus, native to Europe and northern Africa, widely domesticated and kept as a pet; introduced to Australia and elsewhere. 2. any of various lagomorph… …  

• rabbit fibroma — a benign viral disease of the wild cottontail rabbit, caused by a poxvirus, transmissible to laboratory rabbits, and marked by the development of fibromas that regress; called also Shope f …   Medical dictionary

• Rabbit hunting — or cottontail hunting is a kind of small game hunting, an activity involving the tracking, chase, and sometimes killing of a rabbit. [ Rabbit Hunting: Secrets of a Master Cottontail Hunter , by Dave Fisher (2002) ISBN 0970749368] [ Rabbit Hunting …   Wikipedia

• Rabbit — Rab bit (r[a^]b b[i^]t), n. [OE. rabet, akin to OD. robbe, robbeken.] (Zo[ o]l.) Any of the smaller species of the genus Lepus, especially the common European species ({Lepus cuniculus}), which is often kept as a pet, and has been introduced into …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English