单词 | snow-shoe rabbit |
释义 | > as lemmassnow-shoe rabbit snow-shoe rabbit n. (see quot. 1889); also = snowshoe hare n. above. ΘΚΠ 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 1889 Cent. Dict. at Rabbit Snow-shoe rabbit, that variety of the American varying hare which is found in the Rocky Mountains... It has been described as a distinct species, Lepus bairdi. 1903 J. London Call of Wild iii. 90 Leap by leap, like some pale frost wraith, the snowshoe rabbit flashed on ahead. 1971 W. Hillen Blackwater River iii. 21 Snowshoe rabbits, so called because their large hairy feet serve as snowshoes. < as lemmas |
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