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Definition of European hare
1. Noun. Large hare introduced in North America; does not turn white in winter.
Definition of European hare
1. Noun. A Eurasian hare species (''Lepus europaeus'' or ''Lepus capensis''). Also called brown hare, or in Eastern North America, where there is a wild population originating from escaped farmed animals, eastern jackrabbit. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of European Hare
Literary usage of European hare
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy by Royal Irish Academy (1898)
"The European hare being probably the stronger of the two, has driven the other
out European plain into the mountains, whilst in small Ireland and Sweden, ..."
2. The History of the European Fauna by Robert Francis Scharff (1899)
"The Arctic Hare is the older of the two species—corresponding with the Barren-ground
Reindeer—and the European hare the newer one, associating, ..."
3. Six Months in America by Godfrey Thomas Vigne (1833)
"It never burrows; its usual colour is that of the European hare and rabbit mixed,
and the meat is dark, like that of the European hare. ..."
4. Ornithological Biography by John James Audubon (1832)
"The Rabbit, as this animal is named in the United States, has the habits of the
European hare, forming a flat, well-beaten, oblong space among the grass, ..."
5. The Viviparious Quadrupeds of North America by John James Audubon, John Bachman (1846)
"The upper side of the tail of the European hare, (L. timidus,) is black, ...
That of the European hare is not as dark. Cth, Its mode of living and habits. ..."
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