1. Common small rabbit of North America having greyish or brownish fur and a tail with a white underside; a host for Ixodes pacificus and Ixodes scapularis (Lyme disease ticks)
   "Wood rabbits are often seen at dawn and dusk in forest clearings";
   - cottontail, cottontail rabbit

Derived forms: wood rabbits

Type of: coney, cony, rabbit

Part of: genus Sylvilagus, Sylvilagus