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canecutter

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cane⋅cut⋅ter

[keyn-kuht-er]
–noun
any of several species of large cottontails inhabiting swamps or marshes.
Also, cane cutter.
Also called swamp rabbit.


Origin:
1835–45, Americanism, for earlier sense; cane + cutter

swamp rabbit

–noun
any of several southern cottontails, esp. Sylvilagus aquaticus, of swamps and lowlands.
Also called canecutter.


Origin:
1840–50, Americanism
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canecutter

noun
a wood rabbit of southeastern United States swamps and lowlands [syn: swamp rabbit
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