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Definition of Jackrabbits
1. jackrabbit [n] - See also: jackrabbit
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jackrabbits
Literary usage of Jackrabbits
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Santa Rita Experimental Range: History and Annotated Bibliography (1903 by Alvin L. Medina (1997)
"Forage consumption and preferences of experimentally fed Arizona and antelope
jackrabbits. Technical Bulletin 98. Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona, ..."
2. Biodiversity and the Management of the Madrean Archipelago: The Sky Islands edited by Leonard F. DeBano (1999)
"There is evidence for differential exploitation of cottontails and jackrabbits
through time as agricultural practices intensified. ..."
3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"They also hunted to some extent, particularly jackrabbits, which were taken by
circle "drives" in which whole communities participated. ..."
4. Ethnozoology of the Tewa Indians by Junius Henderson, John Peabody Harrington (1914)
"jackrabbits are reported by both whites and Indians, but with no information as
to the species. ... The name was originally applied to jackrabbits. Pu'. ..."
5. Reports of Cases Decided in the Supreme Court of the State of Oregon by Oregon Supreme Court (1919)
"... authorizing the County Court to levy taxes for the payment of bounties on
jackrabbits, in the absence of any enabling act passed by the legislature, ..."
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