sylvilagus

English Thesaurus

1. North American rabbits (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	mammal genus,
definition	:	a genus of mammals (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	cottontail, cottontail rabbit, wood rabbit,
definition	:	common small rabbit of North America having greyish or brownish fur and a tail with a white underside; a host for Ixodes pacificus and Ixodes scapularis (Lyme disease ticks) (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	canecutter, swamp hare, swamp rabbit, sylvilagus aquaticus,
definition	:	a wood rabbit of southeastern United States swamps and lowlands (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	family leporidae, leporidae,
definition	:	hares and rabbits (noun.animal)