canecutter
- noun
- /ˈkeɪnˌkʌtər/
- US
:
conejo de los pantanos
- The canecutter is well adapted to living in swamps and often feeds on thick stands of cane.
Examples
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Hunters in Louisiana sometimes spot a canecutter darting through the marshes at dawn.
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Look at that canecutter munching on some grass!
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Because of its size and habitat, the canecutter is sometimes mistaken for a beaver from a distance.
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I saw a canecutter hopping near the riverbank.
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Hunters in Louisiana sometimes spot a canecutter darting through the marshes at dawn.
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The canecutter is well adapted to living in swamps and often feeds on thick stands of cane.
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I saw a canecutter hopping near the riverbank.
Synonyms
A large rabbit that lives in swamps and wet lowlands in the southeastern United States
A large rabbit that lives in marshes and swims well in the southeastern United States
A rabbit that lives in swampy lowlands in the southeastern United States
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word canecutter comes from the parts cane ('tall swamp grass') and cutter ('one who cuts'). Think of a large swamp rabbit pushing through and eating thick cane, as if 'cutting' it, and that image explains why this swamp rabbit is called a canecutter.
