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Definition of Cottontail
1. Noun. 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).
Generic synonyms: Coney, Cony, Rabbit
Group relationships: Genus Sylvilagus, Sylvilagus
Specialized synonyms: Eastern Cottontail, Sylvilagus Floridanus, Canecutter, Swamp Hare, Swamp Rabbit, Sylvilagus Aquaticus, Marsh Hare, Swamp Rabbit, Sylvilagus Palustris
Terms within: Hare, Rabbit
Definition of Cottontail
1. n. The American wood rabbit (Lepus sylvaticus); -- also called Molly cottontail.
Definition of Cottontail
1. Noun. A rabbit of any of various species in genus ''Sylvilagus''. ¹
2. Noun. (context: nudism) A person with a tanned body and untanned buttocks resembling a cottontail rabbit's dark fur and light tail. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cottontail
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cottontail
Literary usage of Cottontail
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Tracks and Tracking by Josef Brunner (1909)
"THE Cottontail RABBIT As can be easily seen from a comparison of the life-size
track picture of the varying hare and cottontail—drawn from tracks made under ..."
2. Zuñi Folk Tales by Frank Hamilton Cushing (1901)
"The long-legged Jack-rabbit sang for snow, thus : " U pi na wi shû, U pi na wi
sho, U kuk uku u kuk!" But the short-legged Cottontail sang for rain, ..."
3. Negro Folk Rhymes: Wise and Otherwise by Thomas Washington Talley (1922)
"Ole Molly Cottontail, You sets up on a rotten rail! You tears through de graveyard!
... Ole Molly Cottontail, Won't you be shore not to fail ..."
4. Publication by Field Columbian Museum (1903)
"(m.) Sun (has) Risen. From tawa, sun; y^ma, come out, emerged, and No. 2. XXVIII.
NAME GIVER BELONGING TO THE TAVO (Cottontail RABBIT) CLAN. ..."
5. Wild Animals I Have Known: And 200 Drawings by Ernest Thompson Seton (1912)
"... every wild creature and every hunter must learn it ; all learn to do it well,
but not one of them can beat Molly Cottontail in the doing. ..."
6. Neighbours of Field, Wood, and Stream: Or, Through the Year with Nature's by Morton Grinnell (1901)
"PART IL Bunny the Cottontail—Sneak the ... the New England Cottontail. He is
timidity itself, and his one idea seems to be that of self-obliteration. ..."
7. The Little Kingdom First Reader by Nettie Alice Sawyer (1912)
"My name is Bunny Cottontail. BOY. What can you do, little rabbit? BUNNY. ...
I must run home now. BOY. Good-by, Bunny Cottontail! ..."
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