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snowshoe hare

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snowshoe hare
n.
A medium-sized hare (Lepus americanus) of northern North America, having large, heavily furred feet and fur that is white in winter and brown in summer. Also called snowshoe rabbit, varying hare.
snowshoe hare, rabbit
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(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a N North American hare, Lepus americanus, having brown fur in summer, white fur in winter, and heavily furred feet
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Noun1.snowshoe hare - large large-footed North American haresnowshoe hare - large large-footed North American hare; white in winter
Lepus americanus, snowshoe rabbit, varying hare
hare - swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs; young born furred and with open eyes
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