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1. a wood rabbit of southeastern United States swamps and lowlands

2. a wood rabbit of marshy coastal areas from North Carolina to Florida

1. : a large big-headed short-furred rabbit (Sylvilagus aquaticus) of moist lowlands in the Mississippi valley and southeastern United States that is closely related to but larger and darker than the cottontail — called also canecutter, swamp hare

2. : marsh hare

any of several southern cottontails, esp. Sylvilagus aquaticus, of swamps and lowlands. Also called canecutter. See illus. under rabbit.

[1840-50, Amer.]

swamp rabbit,

a large, coarse-haired rabbit, a species of cottontail, most common in wet areas of the lower Mississippi Valley.