hare

noun [C]

/heər/

/her/ (plural hares or hare)

Definition

› an animal like a large rabbit that can run very fast and has long earsRodents and similar animals

(Definition of hare noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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