DCHP-3

Snowshoe

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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n.

the varying hare, so called because of the heavy winter feathering on its feet; also, in some areas, the Arctic hare.

Quotations

1887
The Snowshoe is an animal perhaps unknown to some of our readers. He is the largest kind of alpine hare. . . .
1963
Most common in the area are the Snowshoe and the Cottontail. The southern boundary of the 'shoe territory has been gradually moving northward out of Southern Ontario. . . .