How to Use jackalope in a Sentence
jackalope
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The jackalope with horns like a gate behind its ears.
—Literary Hub, 21 Jan. 2026
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The virus likely helped fuel the North American jackalope myth, which describes a rabbit with antlers or horns.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 14 Aug. 2025
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The jackalope is a fictional animal that originated in North America and is characterized by a rabbit with horns or antlers.
—Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2025
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Others have questioned if the rabbits with the growths could be jackalopes, a cryptid from American lore which is said to have the body of a jackrabbit and the horns of an antelope, per The Smithsonian.
—Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 13 Aug. 2025
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That spot — which boasted a dusty jackalope head on the wall — stood in the shadow of the Mystic River Bascule Bridge, a 1922 marvel that lifts on command to let ships pass.
—Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 31 July 2026
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