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Cottontail

Definition: Cottontail

Cottontail

Noun

1. Common small rabbit of North America having grayish or brownish fur and a tail with a white underside; a host for Ixodes pacificus and Ixodes scapularis (Lyme disease ticks).

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: Cottontail

Synonyms: cottontail rabbit (n), wood rabbit (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Cottontail

English words defined with "cottontail": Ixodes dentatus, Ixodes spinipalpisMolly cottontailSage hare, Sage rabbitWood rabbit. (references)
Specialty definitions using "cottontail": Papillomavirus, Cottontail Rabbit. (references)

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Modern Usage: Cottontail

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Here Comes Peter Cottontail (1971)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Cottontail

DomainTitle

Books

  • Cottontail at Clover Crescent (Smithsonian's Backyard) (reference)

  • Peter Cottontail Baskets of Fun (reference)

  • Peter Cottontail Dot-To-Dot (reference)

  • Peter Cottontail Sponge Art (reference)

  • The Adventures of Peter Cottontail (Dover Children's Thrift Classics) (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Theater & Movies

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Cottontail

Photos:
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Expressions: Cottontail

Expressions using "cottontail": cottontail rabbit eastern cottontail Molly cottontail. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Cottontail

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

cottontail rabbit

81

here comes peter cottontail

3

cottontail ranch

30

brothel cottontail ranch

3

cottontail

29

cottontail nevada ranch

2

cottontail eastern rabbit

14

cottage cottontail

2

peter cottontail

14

cottontail england new

2

cottontail original

12

cottontail desert

2

cottontail eastern

8

cottontail eastern picture rabbit

2

cottontail picture rabbit

8

cottontail peter song

2

baby cottontail rabbit

6

camp cottontail

2

bunny cottontail

5

cottontail england new rabbit

2

cottontail design

3

peter cottontail summer fun

2

blues cottontail

3

cottontail orphaned rabbit

2

brothel cottontail

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Cottontail

Language Translations for "cottontail"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Dutch

  

Oostelijke katoenstaart (Florida cottontail), Floridakonijn (Florida cottontail). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

pumpulihäntäkaniini (cottontail rabbit). (various references)

   

French

  

lièvre de Floride (cottontail rabbit), lapin de Floride (Florida cottontail). (various references)

   

German

  

Waldkaninchen. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

λαγός Φλώριδας (cottontail rabbit). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

amerikai üreginyúl. (various references)

   

Italian

  

coniglio coda di cotone di Florida (Florida cottontail). (various references)

   

Papago

  

tohbi (cottontail rabbit). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ottontailcay

   

Turkish

  

pamuk kuyruklu tavşan. (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

сірий кролик. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Cottontail

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

Sylvilagus floridanus. (various references)

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Derivations: Cottontail

Derivations

Words beginning with "cottontail": cottontails. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Cottontail

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-i-l-n-o-o-t-t-t"

-2 letters: location.

-3 letters: coolant, octanol, taction.

-4 letters: action, alnico, atonic, cation, catlin, citola, coital, coloni, cotton, intact, latino, lattin, lotion, octant, oilcan, talion, tattoo, tincal.

-5 letters: actin, aloin, antic, atilt, attic, canto, cloot, coati, colin, colon, conto, cotan, cotta, linac, lotic, lotto, nicol, notal, octal, octan, ontic, tacit, taint, talon, tanto, tical, tinct, titan, tolan.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-i-l-n-o-o-t-t-t"
 

+1 letter: cottontails.

 

+4 letters: constitutional.

 

+5 letters: constitutionals.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Expressions
8. Expressions: Internet
9. Translations: Modern
10. Translations: Ancient
11. Derivations
12. Anagrams
13. Bibliography


  

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