cottontail (rabbit)†

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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the common N. American rabbit, Sylvilagus floridanus.

Quotations

<i>c</i>1902

Out from the gray thicket bounds a cotton-tail.

1966

And the cottontail rabbit is everywhere when the days are mild and sunny.