blacktail jackrabbit
- noun
- /ˈblækˌteɪl ˈdʒækˌræbɪt/
- US
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liebre de cola negra
- We spotted a blacktail jackrabbit hopping through the tall prairie grass at dawn.
Examples
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The blacktail jackrabbit can outrun many of its predators in the wild.
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The long ears of the blacktail jackrabbit help it detect danger from a distance.
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Look! A blacktail jackrabbit!
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The blacktail jackrabbit is known for its distinctive ears.
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While hiking in the grasslands, we observed a blacktail jackrabbit darting across the open field.
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The blacktail jackrabbit uses its speed and sharp hearing to escape from predators.
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I was excited to see a blacktail jackrabbit with its striking black-tipped ears in the wildlife reserve.
Synonyms
A large hare with long black-tipped ears and a black-streaked tail that lives in western US grasslands
Surface Forms
Morphology
blacktail + jackrabbit
The compound is fully compositional: 'blacktail' (black + tail) describes the tail's color and 'jackrabbit' names the animal, so the combined meaning 'a jackrabbit with a black tail' is directly derivable from the parts. This descriptive noun pattern is common cross-linguistically and follows transparent adjectival/nominal composition, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents would understand it.
Etymology
Blacktail jackrabbit is a name that comes from the animal's look: blacktail points to the dark stripe on its 'tail' and jackrabbit is a common name for a big, long-eared 'hare'. So the name simply describes this large hare with long ears and a black-marked tail.
