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JACKRABBIT

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large hare of western North Americaplay

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("jackrabbit" is a kind of...):

hare (swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs; young born furred and with open eyes)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "jackrabbit"):

Lepus townsendi; white-tailed jackrabbit; whitetail jackrabbit (largest hare of northern plains and western mountains of United States; brownish-grey in summer and pale grey in winter; tail nearly always all white)

blacktail jackrabbit; Lepus californicus (the common jackrabbit of grasslands and open areas of western United States; has large black-tipped ears and black streak on the tail)

Holonyms ("jackrabbit" is a member of...):

genus Lepus; Lepus (type genus of the Leporidae: hares)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Go forward or start with a fast, sudden movementplay

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "jackrabbit" is one way to...):

jump; start; startle (move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm)

Sentence frames:

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