mountain haren.

Brit.

/ˌmaʊntᵻn ˈhɛː/, U.S.

/ˈmaʊnt(ə)n ˌ(h)ɛ(ə)r/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mountain n., hare n.

Etymology: < mountain n. + hare n. In sense 1 after South African Dutch berghaas ( < berg mountain (see barrow n.¹) + haas hare (see hare n.).

†1. South African. The springhare, Pedetes capensis. Obsolete. rare.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > [noun] > family Pedetidae (jumping-hare)

mountain hare1785

springhare1822

springhaas1831

jumping-hare1839

leaping hare1849

1785 G. Forster tr. A. Sparrman Voy. Cape Good Hope II. 195 By the colonists it is called berg-haas,..(the mountain..hare).

†2. A pika of the genus Ochotona, esp. the large-eared pika, O. roylei, of the Himalayas. Obsolete. rare.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Lagomorpha (rabbits and hares) > [noun] > ochotona princeps (pika) > ochotona roylei (large-eared pika)

calling hare1780

rat-hare1831

mountain hare1848

mouse hare1891

1848 tr. W. Hoffmeister Trav. Ceylon & Continental India xii. 446 Tall bushes of furze, the home of a multitude of..small mountain-hares.

1994 R. Hendrickson Happy Trails 64 Cony, the little Rocky Mountain hare Ochotana [sic] princeps.]

a. A northern hare, Lepus timidus, whose coat is greyish-brown in summer and more or less white in winter, found mainly in the tundra and boreal forest regions of Eurasia, and (according to some authorities) the tundra region of North America. Also called Arctic hare, blue hare, Irish hare, varying hare.This species is found widely in Scotland and is the only hare native to Ireland. The American form is sometimes regarded as a separate species, L. arcticus.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Lagomorpha (rabbits and hares) > [noun] > family Leporidae > genus Lepus (hares) > lepus timidus (arctic hare)

varying hare1781

blue hare1784

polar hare1792

Arctic hare1821

mountain hare1879

1879 Cassell's Nat. Hist. III. 149 The Mountain Hare (Lepus variabilis) or Northern Hare.

1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 754/1 The mountain hare (Lepus variabilis or timidus) replaces the common hare (Lepus europaeus) in the higher regions.

a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xxi. 702 In the present-day nomenclature the common or brown hare is called Lepus europaeus, and the mountain or blue hare is called Lepus timidus.

1980 J. O. Whitaker Audubon Soc. Field Guide N. Amer. Mammals 358 ‘Mountain Hare’..(Lepus timidus)... Western and n Alaska.

1993 Daily Tel. 10 Dec. 10/7 The red grouse, golden plover, and dunlin are thriving and the mountain, or blue hare (Lepus timidus), introduced in the High Peak in the 19th century, is breeding again.

b. North American. Any of several other hares found in mountainous country and having white winter coats, esp. the snowshoe hare, Lepus americanus, and the white-tailed jackrabbit, L. townsendi.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Lagomorpha (rabbits and hares) > [noun] > family Leporidae > other types of

red hare1844

mountain hare1923

the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Lagomorpha (rabbits and hares) > [noun] > family Leporidae > genus Lepus (hares) > lepus americanus (snowshoe hare)

rabbit1634

prairie hare1840

sage hare1868

snow-shoe1888

snow-shoe rabbit1889

snowshoe hare1921

mountain hare1923

the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Lagomorpha (rabbits and hares) > [noun] > family Leporidae > genus Lepus (hares) > lepus townsendii (jack-rabbit)

prairie hare1840

jackass rabbit1847

mule-eared rabbit1855

mule rabbit1857

Texan hare1859

jackrabbit1863

Jack1864

mule-ear rabbit1889

mountain hare1923

1923 Farmers' Bull. (U.S. Dept. Agric.) 1375/3 Nevada established limits of 5 cottontail rabbits, 2 mountain hairs [sic],..a day.

1959 C. T. Barnes Nat. Hist. Wasatch Winter 15 Suddenly a mountain hare (Lepus townsendi townsendi) bounds up a gulch to a ridge.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	mountain hare
释义	mountain haren. Brit. /ˌmaʊntᵻn ˈhɛː/, U.S. /ˈmaʊnt(ə)n ˌ(h)ɛ(ə)r/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mountain n., hare n. Etymology: < mountain n. + hare n. In sense 1 after South African Dutch berghaas ( < berg mountain (see barrow n.¹) + haas hare (see hare n.). †1. South African. The springhare, Pedetes capensis. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > [noun] > family Pedetidae (jumping-hare) mountain hare1785 springhare1822 springhaas1831 jumping-hare1839 leaping hare1849 1785 G. Forster tr. A. Sparrman Voy. Cape Good Hope II. 195 By the colonists it is called berg-haas,..(the mountain..hare). †2. A pika of the genus Ochotona, esp. the large-eared pika, O. roylei, of the Himalayas. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Lagomorpha (rabbits and hares) > [noun] > ochotona princeps (pika) > ochotona roylei (large-eared pika) calling hare1780 rat-hare1831 mountain hare1848 mouse hare1891 1848 tr. W. Hoffmeister Trav. Ceylon & Continental India xii. 446 Tall bushes of furze, the home of a multitude of..small mountain-hares. 1994 R. Hendrickson Happy Trails 64 Cony, the little Rocky Mountain hare Ochotana [sic] princeps.] 3. a. A northern hare, Lepus timidus, whose coat is greyish-brown in summer and more or less white in winter, found mainly in the tundra and boreal forest regions of Eurasia, and (according to some authorities) the tundra region of North America. Also called Arctic hare, blue hare, Irish hare, varying hare.This species is found widely in Scotland and is the only hare native to Ireland. The American form is sometimes regarded as a separate species, L. arcticus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Lagomorpha (rabbits and hares) > [noun] > family Leporidae > genus Lepus (hares) > lepus timidus (arctic hare) varying hare1781 blue hare1784 polar hare1792 Arctic hare1821 mountain hare1879 1879 Cassell's Nat. Hist. III. 149 The Mountain Hare (Lepus variabilis) or Northern Hare. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 754/1 The mountain hare (Lepus variabilis or timidus) replaces the common hare (Lepus europaeus) in the higher regions. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xxi. 702 In the present-day nomenclature the common or brown hare is called Lepus europaeus, and the mountain or blue hare is called Lepus timidus. 1980 J. O. Whitaker Audubon Soc. Field Guide N. Amer. Mammals 358 ‘Mountain Hare’..(Lepus timidus)... Western and n Alaska. 1993 Daily Tel. 10 Dec. 10/7 The red grouse, golden plover, and dunlin are thriving and the mountain, or blue hare (Lepus timidus), introduced in the High Peak in the 19th century, is breeding again. b. North American. Any of several other hares found in mountainous country and having white winter coats, esp. the snowshoe hare, Lepus americanus, and the white-tailed jackrabbit, L. townsendi. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Lagomorpha (rabbits and hares) > [noun] > family Leporidae > other types of red hare1844 mountain hare1923 the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Lagomorpha (rabbits and hares) > [noun] > family Leporidae > genus Lepus (hares) > lepus americanus (snowshoe hare) rabbit1634 prairie hare1840 sage hare1868 snow-shoe1888 snow-shoe rabbit1889 snowshoe hare1921 mountain hare1923 the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Lagomorpha (rabbits and hares) > [noun] > family Leporidae > genus Lepus (hares) > lepus townsendii (jack-rabbit) prairie hare1840 jackass rabbit1847 mule-eared rabbit1855 mule rabbit1857 Texan hare1859 jackrabbit1863 Jack1864 mule-ear rabbit1889 mountain hare1923 1923 Farmers' Bull. (U.S. Dept. Agric.) 1375/3 Nevada established limits of 5 cottontail rabbits, 2 mountain hairs [sic],..a day. 1959 C. T. Barnes Nat. Hist. Wasatch Winter 15 Suddenly a mountain hare (Lepus townsendi townsendi) bounds up a gulch to a ridge. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1785
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