cottontail(n = noun.animal) cottontail rabbit, wood rabbit - 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);
is a kind of coney, cony, rabbit
has parts: hare, rabbit
is a member of genus sylvilagus, sylvilagus
has particulars: eastern cottontail, sylvilagus floridanus, canecutter, swamp hare, swamp rabbit, sylvilagus aquaticus, marsh hare, swamp rabbit, sylvilagus palustris
The American wood rabbit (
cottontail, n. any rabbit of the genus Sylvilagus, native to America, having a mainly white fluffy tail.