DCHP-1 Online
plain(s) hare 
any of several large North American hares found in the West, as Lepus americanus and, especially, L. townsendii.
See also: jack-rabbit
- 1963 [Cottontails are] quite different from the long-legged plains hares and the varying hares, which we miscall snowshoe rabbits.
- 1963 [Cottontails are] quite different from the long-legged plains hares and the varying hares, which we miscall snowshoe rabbits.