Cottontail

Word COTTONTAIL
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Hyphenation cot ton tail
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Definitions and meanings of "Cottontail"

What do we mean by cottontail?

Any of several rabbits of the genus Sylvilagus of the Americas, having grayish or brownish fur and a small round tail often with a fluffy white underside. noun

The popular name, especially in the South, for the common rabbit of the United States, Lepus sylvaticus: so named from the conspicuous fluffy white fur on the under side of the tail. Also called molly cottontail. See cut on following page. noun

The American wood rabbit (Lepus sylvaticus); -- also called Molly cottontail. noun

A rabbit of any of various species in genus Sylvilagus. noun

A person with a tanned body and untanned buttocks resembling a cottontail rabbit's dark fur and light tail. 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) noun

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The word "cottontail" in example sentences

Just a dog that can let me know when I'm about to bust into a patch of quail, or when a cottontail is lurking nearby. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Furthermore when fragments of the epidermal carcinomas, arising from papillomas induced in cottontail rabbits by oncogenic hydrocarbons, were exposed to the ❋ Unknown (1972)

The most common live rabbit in the state is the cottontail, which is found in a variety of locales, and the second most common is the marsh rabbit, which inhabits the marshes and swamps of far southern Alabama. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Finally, there's the Eastern cottontail, which is a distinct species of rabbit despite the fact that it looks so similar that most people can't tell them apart; only by sampling DNA from fecal pellets can scientists be sure. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Not only do they live in highly organised "towns" of hundreds of individuals, but they also have to compete with squatters, such as cottontail rabbits, rattlesnakes, tarantulas, burrowing owls, badgers and swift foxes, that often move into their burrows. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"cottontail" rabbits in the southwestern U.S.A. On inoculation this virus proved effective only in rabbits, and it produced far more vigorous warts on animals of domestic breeds than on its native host, the cottontail. ❋ Unknown (1972)

This became clear to me one afternoon, when as a boy, a small cottontail rabbit ran by me. ❋ M.D. Robert Lanza (2011)

The cottontail will think that you have spotted it and will break cover. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It outgrew its jumbo rats (bred to be as large as a cottontail) and we were upgrading it to jumbo rabbits (like a big fat snowshoe in size). ❋ Unknown (2009)

A moment later and I spot a cottontail, no more than thirty yards out. ❋ Unknown (2009)

While one cottontail feeds one man (ME), he says snowshoes feed 4. +2 ❋ Unknown (2009)

That darn cottontail came running out on my side of the briar patch and not even three feet from my foot .... scared the heck outta me. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The skull of a distant contender, the rabbit, eastern cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus), is quite different from either species. ❋ AYDIN (2009)

This day marks a special event for this is my first cottontail rabbit, and my first hunt. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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