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Jumping hare

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spring⋅hare

  [spring-hair]
–noun
a leaping and burrowing rodent, Pedetes capensis, native to southern Africa, having kangaroolike legs and long, pointed ears.
Also called jumping hare, spring⋅haas  [spring-hahs] .

Origin:
1815–25; trans. of Afrik springhaas; see spring, hare
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