scrub hare

noun

Lepus saxatilis, a hare found in southern Namibia, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland and Lesotho. The fur on the dorsal side is grizzled-gray with small black spots; on the ventral side, it is all white.

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Meanings

nounscrub hare (plural scrub hares)

plural scrub hares

  1. Lepus saxatilis, a hare found in southern Namibia, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland and Lesotho. The fur on the dorsal side is grizzled-gray with small black spots; on the ventral side, it is all white.
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