hare : Idioms & Phrases

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arctic hare

  • noun a large hare of northern North America; it is almost completely white in winter
    Arctic hare; Lepus arcticus.
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australian hare's foot

  • noun a hare's-foot fern of the genus Davallia
    Davallia pyxidata.
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belgian hare

  • noun red breed of domestic rabbits; hybrid between Old World rabbit and hare
    leporide.
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canary island hare's foot fern

  • noun fern of the Canary Islands and Madeira
    Davallia canariensis.
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chief hare

Chief" hare`
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  1. (Zoöl.) A small rodent (Lagamys princeps) inhabiting the summits of the Rocky Mountains; -- also called crying hare, calling hare, cony, American pika, and little chief hare. ✍ It is not a true hare or rabbit, but belongs to the curious family Lagomyidæ.
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Desert hare

  • (Zoöl.), a small hare (Lepus sylvaticus, var. Arizonæ) inhabiting the deserts of the Western United States.
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european hare

  • noun large hare introduced in North America; does not turn white in winter
    Lepus europaeus.
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Hare and hounds

  • noun an outdoor game; one group of players (the hares) start off on a long run scattering bits of paper (the scent) and pursuers (the hounds) try to catch them before they reach a designated spot
    paper chase.
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  • a game played by men and boys, two, called hares, having a few minutes' start, and scattering bits of paper to indicate their course, being chased by the others, called the hounds, through a wide circuit.
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Hare kangaroo

  • (Zoöl.). , a small Australian kangaroo (Lagorchestes Leporoides), resembling the hare in size and color,
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hare krishna

  • noun worshipper of Krishna and member of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness
  • noun a religious sect founded in the United States in 1966; based on Vedic scriptures; groups engage in joyful chanting of `Hare Krishna' and other mantras based on the name of the Hindu god Krishna; devotees usually wear saffron robes and practice vegetarianism and celibacy
    ISKCON; International Society for Krishna Consciousness.
  • noun a chant to the Hindu god Krishna
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hare wallaby

  • noun small Australian wallaby that resembles a hare and has persistent teeth
    hare wallaby.
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Hare's lettuce

  • (Bot.), a plant of the genus Sonchus, or sow thistle; so called because hares are said to eat it when fainting with heat. Dr. Prior.
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hare's-ear

Hare's"-ear` noun
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  1. (Bot.) An umbelliferous plant (Bupleurum rotundifolium ); -- so named from the shape of its leaves. Dr. Prior.
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hare's-foot bristle fern

  • noun a variety of bristle fern
    Trichomanes boschianum.
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hare's-foot fern

  • noun either of two ferns of the genus Davallia having a soft grey hairy rootstock
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Hare's"-foot` fern`
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  1. (Bot.) A species of fern (Davallia Canariensis) with a soft, gray, hairy rootstock; -- whence the name.
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hare's-tail

Hare's"-tail` noun
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  1. (Bot.) A kind of grass (Eriophorum vaginatum). See Cotton grass, under Cotton.
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hare-hearted

Hare"-heart`ed adjective
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  1. Timorous; timid; easily frightened. Ainsworth.
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Jack hare

  • a male hare. Cowper.
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Jackass hare, Jackass rabbit

  • (Zoöl.). See Jack rabbit, under 2d Jack, n.
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Jumping hare

  • . (Zoöl.) See under Jumping.
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Kangaroo hare

  • noun small Australian wallaby that resembles a hare and has persistent teeth
    hare wallaby.
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  • (Zoöl.), the jerboa kangaroo. See under Jerboa.
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little chief hare

  • noun North American pika
    Ochotona princeps.
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Little chief hare, ∨ Crying hare

  • . (Zoöl.) See Chief hare.
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marsh hare

  • noun a wood rabbit of marshy coastal areas from North Carolina to Florida
    Sylvilagus palustris; swamp rabbit.
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mouse hare

  • noun small short-eared burrowing mammal of rocky uplands of Asia and western North America
    rock rabbit; cony; pika; coney.
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Polar hare

  • noun a large hare of northern North America; it is almost completely white in winter
    Arctic hare; Lepus arcticus.
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  • (Zoöl.), a large hare of Arctic America (Lepus arcticus), which turns pure white in winter. It is probably a variety of the common European hare (L. timidus).
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Prairie hare

  • (Zoöl.), a large long-eared Western hare (Lepus campestris). See Jack rabbit, under 2d Jack.
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Sage hare, ∨ Sage rabbit

  • (Zoöl.), a species of hare (Lepus Nuttalli, ∨ artemisia) which inhabits the regions of Western North America and lives among sagebrush. By recent writers it is considered to be merely a variety of the common cottontail, or wood rabbit.
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Sea hare

  • noun naked marine gastropod having a soft body with reduced internal shell and two pairs of ear-like tentacles
    Aplysia punctata.
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  • . (Zoöl.) See Aplysia.
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snowshoe hare

  • noun large large-footed North American hare; white in winter
    snowshoe hare; snowshoe rabbit; Lepus americanus.
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swamp hare

  • noun a wood rabbit of southeastern United States swamps and lowlands
    canecutter; Sylvilagus aquaticus; swamp rabbit.
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Varying hare

  • noun large large-footed North American hare; white in winter
    snowshoe hare; snowshoe rabbit; Lepus americanus.
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  • (Zoöl.), any hare or rabbit which becomes white in winter, especially the common hare of the Northern United States and Canada.
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water hare

Wa"ter hare
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  1. (Zoöl.) A small American hare or rabbit (Lepus aquaticus) found on or near the southern coasts of the United States; -- called also water rabbit, and swamp hare.
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Wormwood hare

  • (Zoöl.), a variety of the common hare (Lepus timidus); so named from its color.
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