Word Image
plural: hares
Part Of Speech
noun
Word Meaning
any of various swift animals that are like the related rabbits but usually have longer ears and hind legs and have young born with open eyes and a furry coat
Word Family
harelip
harebrained
Sentences
Hares are generally larger than rabbits, with longer ears, and have black markings on their fur.
Danny’s harebrained idea to time travel his way to 1999 was laughable.
Most species of hare inhabit open forests, meadows, clearings, and farmlands.
Some hares can survive in extreme habitats such as deserts and Arctic tundra.
The brown hare is Britain’s fastest land mammal, clocking speeds of up to 40mph.
Hares create shallow resting places in fields or long grass known as ‘forms’.
It was once believed that if a pregnant woman saw a hare, her child would have a ‘harelip’.
The phrase ‘mad as a March hare’ is derived from the antics of hares during their breeding season.
Hares are solitary, not colonial, and don’t have burrows.
The true origin of the hare is something of a mystery.
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