desert cottontail

noun

A common species of cottontail rabbit native to the southwestern United States as well as northern and central Mexico, extending northward into Montana, Sylvilagus audubonii.

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Meanings

noundesert cottontail (plural desert cottontails)

plural desert cottontails

  1. A common species of cottontail rabbit native to the southwestern United States as well as northern and central Mexico, extending northward into Montana, Sylvilagus audubonii.
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Chicago

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