"mountain hare" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: mountain hares [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} mountain hare (plural mountain hares)
  1. A Eurasian species of hare, Lepus timidus, found mainly in tundra regions. Synonyms (Lepus timidus): alpine hare, blue hare, Irish hare, tundra hare, variable hare, white hare Translations (Lepus timidus): кӏайн пхьагал (kʼajn pḥʳagal) (Chechen), 雪兔 (xuětù) (Chinese Mandarin), aq tavşan (Crimean Tatar), sneeuwhaas [masculine] (Dutch), valgejänes (Estonian), metsäjänis (Finnish), lièvre variable [masculine] (French), თეთრი კურდღელი (tetri ḳurdɣeli) (Georgian), Schneehase [masculine] (German), Schneehäsin [feminine] (German), terwelu gunung (Indonesian), 雪兎 (yukiusagi) (alt: ユキウサギ) (Japanese), ақ қоян (aq qoän) (Kazakh), 고산토끼 (gosantokki) (Korean), خرگوش صحرایی کوهی (Persian), bielak [masculine] (Polish), за́яц-беля́к (zájac-belják) [masculine] (Russian), беля́к (belják) [masculine] (Russian), skoghare (Swedish), மலை முயல் (malai muyal) (Tamil), thỏ núi (Vietnamese), nifaliev (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-mountain_hare-en-noun-iXdR3X7m Disambiguation of 'Lepus timidus': 58 42 Disambiguation of 'Lepus timidus': 58 42
  2. (Canada, US) Any of various hares found in mountainous country, especially the snowshoe hare, Lepus americanus, and the white-tailed jackrabbit (Lepus townsendi). Tags: Canada, US Categories (lifeform): Hares
    Sense id: en-mountain_hare-en-noun-FSM4iWZw Disambiguation of Hares: 40 60 Categories (other): American English, Canadian English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 79 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 19 81 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 20 80

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