"cottontail" in the noun sense
1. wood rabbit, cottontail, cottontail rabbit
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)
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