DCHP-3

prairie hare

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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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any of several large North American hares found in the West, as Lepus americanus and, especially, L. townsendii.

Quotations

1866
The Prairie Hare . . . is one of the largest hares of the continent, weighing from seven to eleven pounds, and is of a grey colour tinged with yellow, the entire under parts dusky white.