cottontail

English

eastern cottontail

Etymology

From cotton +‎ tail.

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑt.n̩teɪl/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒt.n̩teɪl/
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Noun

cottontail (plural cottontails)

A rabbit of any of various species in genus Sylvilagus.
Synonym: cottontail rabbit
(nudism) A person with a tanned body and untanned buttocks, resembling a cottontail rabbit's dark fur and light tail.

Hyponyms

(certain rabbits in genus): swamp rabbit (Sylvilagus aquaticus), tapeti (Sylvilagus brasiliensis), Dice's cottontail (Sylvilagus dicei), omilteme cottontail (Sylvilagus insonus), marsh rabbit (Sylvilagus palustris), desert cottontail (Sylvilagus audubonii), Mexican cottontail, eastern cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus), mountain cottontail (Sylvilagus nuttallii), Appalachian cottontail (Sylvilagus obscurus), Allegheny cottontail (Sylvilagus obscurus), forest cottontail (Sylvilagus brasiliensis), robust cottontail (Sylvilagus holzneri), New England cottontail (Sylvilagus transitionalis), brush rabbit (Sylvilagus bachmani), Brazilian cottontail (Sylvilagus brasiliensis)

Translations

type of rabbit

Basque: ekialdeko kotoi-isats
Breton: konikl Florida
Catalan: conill de Florida m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 棉尾兔 (miánwěitù), 林兔 (líntù)
Dutch: Floridakonijn n
Esperanto: Florida kuniklo
Finnish: amerikankaniini
French: lapin à queue blanche m, lapin de Floride (fr) m
German: Florida-Waldkaninchen (de) n
Italian: silvilago orientale m
Nahuatl: cuātōchtli (nah)
Navajo: gałbáhí
O'odham: to꞉bĭ
Panamint: tapun, taputtsi
Polish: królak m
Portuguese: coelho-da-Flórida m
Russian: флори́дский кро́лик m (florídskij królik)
Spanish: conejo de Florida m
Ukrainian: флоридски за́ек (florydsky záek)

References

cottontail on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Sylvilagus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Sylvilagus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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