jack rabbit

noun

any of various large hares of western North America, having very long hind legs and long ears.

jack rabbit

any of various W North American hares, such as Lepus townsendi ( white-tailed jack rabbit ), having long hind legs and large ears

1860–65; jack(ass) + rabbit; so named from the size of its ears

C19: shortened from jackass-rabbit , referring to its long ears

While he sat enjoying the beauty of the scene he observed a war eagle chasing a jack-rabbit.

The jack-rabbit continually dodged and circled, trying to escape as the eagle swooped toward him.

A friend of mine, by the name of Stebbins, once followed his dog in a chase after a jack rabbit.

Tawahinkpayota came forth from the antelope head, while Black Hawk and Antler rose up where the jack-rabbit and calf had lain.

"It was not so much the angry carpenter who waked me as the little jack rabbit you're father to," Martha said.

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