English noun: wood rabbit |
1. | wood rabbit (animal) 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) |
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| Synonyms | cottontail, cottontail rabbit |
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| Broader (hypernym) | coney, cony, rabbit |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | canecutter, eastern cottontail, marsh hare, swamp hare, swamp rabbit, swamp rabbit, Sylvilagus aquaticus, Sylvilagus floridanus, Sylvilagus palustris |
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| Part holonym | hare, rabbit |
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| Member meronym | genus Sylvilagus, Sylvilagus |
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