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- Dictionaryhare/her/
noun
- 1. a fast-running, long-eared mammal that resembles a large rabbit, having long hind legs and occurring typically in grassland or open woodland.
verb
- 1. run with great speed: British "he hared off between the trees"
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HARE definition: 1. an animal like a large rabbit that can run very fast and has long ears 2. to run or go very…. Learn more.
Hares are animals that are closely related to rabbits but larger, with longer ears and hind legs. Remember the overconfident animal that lost a race against a tortoise in Aesop's famous fable? That was a hare!
Hare definition: any rodentlike mammal of the genus Lepus, of the family Leporidae, having long ears, a divided upper lip, and long hind limbs adapted for leaping.. See examples of HARE used in a sentence.
See text. Hares and jackrabbits are mammals belonging to the genus Lepus. They are herbivores, and live solitarily or in pairs. They nest in slight depressions called forms, and their young are able to fend for themselves shortly after birth. The genus includes the largest lagomorphs.
HARE meaning: 1. an animal like a large rabbit that can run very fast and has long ears 2. to run or go very…. Learn more.
Learn the meaning of hare as a noun and a verb, and see how it differs from rabbit. Find synonyms, pronunciation, grammar, and usage examples of hare in British and American English.
