| a burrowing, gray, long-eared and long-legged cavy of the genus Dolichotis, native to South America. |
ma·ra  (mə-rä')  n. Any of various long-eared and long-legged cavies of the genus Dolichotis, inhabiting the scrub desert and grasslands of central and southern Argentina. Also called Patagonian hare. [American Spanish mará, perhaps of Araucanian origin.] |
| Patagonian hare n. See mara. |