Meaning

2 senses
  1. A rabbit of any of various species in genus Sylvilagus.

    Florida-Waldkaninchen

    флори́дский кро́ликflorídskij królik

    флоридски за́екflorydsky záek

  2. A person with a tanned body and untanned buttocks, resembling a cottontail rabbit's dark fur and light tail.

More definitions
  • 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)

Translations

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Origin

From cotton + tail.

From cotton + tail.

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Forms

plural: cottontails
Singularcottontail
Pluralcottontails

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Synonyms

2 synonyms
cottontail rabbit
Close in meaning
  • 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):wood rabbitcottontail rabbit

See also

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