eastern cottontail

1. 1.

   widely distributed in United States except northwest and far west regions

   SynonymsSylvilagus floridanus

   Broaderwood rabbit

Questions about eastern cottontail

What does eastern cottontail mean?

eastern cottontail means "widely distributed in United States except northwest and far west regions".

What is another word for eastern cottontail?

Close synonyms include Sylvilagus floridanus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is eastern cottontail a common word?

eastern cottontail is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.