'Cottontail' definitions:
Definition of 'cottontail'
From: WordNet
noun
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) [syn: wood rabbit, cottontail, cottontail rabbit]
Definition of 'Cottontail'
From: GCIDE
- Cottontail \Cot"ton*tail`\ (k[o^]t"t'n*t[=a]l`), n. (Zool.) The American wood rabbit (Lepus sylvaticus); -- also called Molly cottontail. [1913 Webster]