snowshoe hare
noun
Definition of snowshoe hare
: a hare (Lepus americanus) of northern North America with heavy fur on the hind feet and a coat that in most populations is brown in the summer but usually white in the winter —called also snowshoe rabbit, varying hare
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circa 1890
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