| NOUN | animal | cottontail rabbit, wood rabbit, cottontail | common small rabbit of North America having greyish or brownish fur and a tail with a white underside |
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| Meaning | 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). | |
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| Synonyms | wood rabbit, cottontail | |
| Member of | Sylvilagus, genus Sylvilagus | North American rabbits |
| Parts | rabbit, hare | flesh of any of various rabbits or hares (wild or domesticated) eaten as food |
| Narrower | eastern cottontail, Sylvilagus floridanus | widely distributed in United States except northwest and far west regions |
| marsh hare, swamp rabbit, Sylvilagus palustris | A wood rabbit of marshy coastal areas from North Carolina to Florida | |
| swamp rabbit, canecutter, swamp hare, Sylvilagus aquaticus | A wood rabbit of southeastern United States swamps and lowlands | |
| Broader | rabbit, coney, cony | Any of various burrowing animals of the family Leporidae having long ears and short tails |
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