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Meanings of mountain hare in English

Russian
lepus timidus
Portuguese
lebre-da-montanha
Spanish
liebre variable
Catalan
llebre de les neus
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Species of mammal.

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lepus timidus
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Examples for "lepus timidus"
Examples for "lepus timidus"
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A single fragment of the bone of a hare ( Lepus timidus) has been found at Moosseedorf.
The Antiquity of Man
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Even its Latin name, bestowed in 1759 by the great Swedish scientist Carl Linneaus, reflects its watchful nature: Lepus timidus.
The Irish Times
3
He has licensed five months of this cruel and discredited blood sport, despite claiming to be a keen admirer of Lepus Timidus Hibernicus.
The Irish Times
1
In their excursion they had killed a buffaloe, a wolf, two porcupines and a white hare.
History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis an...
2
He turned in time to see a white hare dash across the hill chased by an arctic fox.
The Plains of Passage
3
She thought she might go hunting for ptarmigan or white hare later in the afternoon, or perhaps the next morning.
The Plains of Passage
4
I remembered that I had slept between two rugs of white hare skins, and how beautiful, soft, and warm they were.
The Land of the Long Night
5
Long, long ago, when all the animals could talk, there lived in the province of Inaba in Japan, a little white hare.
Japanese Fairy Tales
1
It poses a major threat to the Irish hare, especially in mid-Ulster and west Tyrone.
The Irish Times
2
But magically more, the rushy pasture beyond the hedge presented my first winter-white Irish hares.
The Irish Times
3
An Irish hare stands erect, alert for danger.
The Irish Times
4
The healthy numbers of Irish hares may be at risk from brown hares, a new survey warns.
The Irish Times
5
I refer to our iconic Irish hare.
The Irish Times
Usage of mountain hare in English
1
The troopers soon gained on him, though he ran like a mountain hare.
Hunted and Harried
2
She knew her way as well as any mountain hare.
The Waters of Edera
3
She lay beneath him, chest heaving, caught like a mountain hare in a trap.
Celtic fire
4
He might as well have chased a mountain hare.
In the Track of the Troops
5
The mountain hare can turn white in extremely cold winters, but it moults back to its summer coat.
The Irish Times
6
But the real prize is the trio of creatures that turn white in winter: ptarmigan, mountain hare and stoat.
The Guardian
7
They say that ptarmigan and mountain hares are to be found there.
Freaks on the Fells: Three Months' Rustication
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There are chamois and roe deer and big mountain hares along these heights.
In Secret
9
Likewise mountain hares are in steep decline, as are rabbits.
The Guardian
10
Mountain hares carry ticks that affect grouse, so are killed.
The Guardian
11
Heather and moss predominate, and if you're lucky you'll see curlew and lapwing or England's only mountain hares.
The Guardian
12
Then I noticed another, and another, until there were about 20 mountain hares, all basking in the winter sun.
The Guardian
13
"Later," the Coyote went on, "they found a deer occasionally and mountain hares.
The Trail Book
14
Russian media report that a shortage of mountain hares has caused the migration of the wolves from their normal hunting grounds.
Radio NZ
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Mountain hares' coat for example changes from a russet brown to white or grey colour in winter, it helps hide them in the mountain snow.
BBC