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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) cottontail
any North American rabbit of the genus
Sylvilagus.

Etymology: (1865–70, Amer.)

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1. (noun) wood rabbit, cottontail, cottontail rabbit
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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Webster Dictionary

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

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