Varying hare

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

varying hare
    n 1: large large-footed North American hare; white in winter
         [syn: {snowshoe hare}, {snowshoe rabbit}, {varying hare},
         {Lepus americanus}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Varying \Va"ry*ing\,
   a. & n. from {Vary}.
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   {Varying hare} (Zool.), any hare or rabbit which becomes
      white in winter, especially the common hare of the
      Northern United States and Canada.
      [1913 Webster]