cottontail

2 definitions found

cottontail - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Cottontail \Cot"ton*tail`\ (k[o^]t"t'n*t[=a]l`), n. (Zool.)
     The American wood rabbit (Lepus sylvaticus); -- also called
     Molly cottontail.
     [1913 Webster]

cottontail - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  cottontail
      n 1: 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)
           [syn: wood rabbit, cottontail, cottontail rabbit]