noun
a wood rabbit of southeastern United States swamps and lowlands
• Syn: ↑swamp rabbit, ↑swamp hare, ↑Sylvilagus aquaticus
• Hypernyms: ↑wood rabbit, ↑cottontail, ↑cottontail rabbit
• Member Holonyms: ↑Sylvilagus, ↑genus Sylvilagus
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/kayn"kut'euhr/, n.
any of several species of large cottontails inhabiting swamps or marshes.
Also, cane cutter. Also called swamp rabbit.
[1835-45, Amer., for earlier sense; CANE + CUTTER]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.