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Sylvilagus

noun

North American rabbits

• Syn: ↑genus Sylvilagus

• Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Leporidae, ↑family Leporidae

• Member Meronyms:

↑wood rabbit, ↑cottontail, ↑cottontail rabbit, ↑swamp rabbit, ↑canecutter, ↑swamp hare, ↑Sylvilagus aquaticus

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\\silˈviləgəs\ noun

Etymology: Latin silvi-, sylvi- (from silva, sylva woods) + Greek lagōs hare

1. capitalized : a genus of mammals (family Leporidae) comprising the cottontail and related New World rabbits

2. -es : any rabbit of the genus Sylvilagus

Useful english dictionary. 2012.