单词 | blue hare |
释义 | > as lemmasblue hare blue hare n. the mountain hare, Lepus timidus, which typically has a bluish-grey coat in spring and autumn. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Lagomorpha (rabbits and hares) > [noun] > family Leporidae > genus Lepus (hares) > lepus timidus (arctic hare) varying hare1781 blue hare1784 polar hare1792 Arctic hare1821 mountain hare1879 1784 Hibernian Mag. Feb. 74/1 While he was hunting..he saw the most beautiful blue hare run by him that eyes had ever beheld. 1895 R. Lydekker Handbk. Brit. Mammalia 226 The geographical distribution of the Mountain, Alpine, Blue, Irish, or Polar, Hare, as the animal is variously called, is very extensive. 1962 M. Burton Syst. Dict. Mammals of World 92 Varying Hare..also known as Blue Hare, Scottish Hare or Alpine Hare..has bluish tinge in spring and autumn, at change of coat. 2009 J. Struthers Red Sky at Night 17 The mountain or blue hare (Lepus timidus) lives in the Scottish Highlands, keeping well out of the way of potential predators. < as lemmas |
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