| snowshoe hare virus | A member of the California group of arboviruses (family Bunyaviridae) causing fever, severe headache, and nausea in humans in North America. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| snowshoe | A slight frame of wood three or four feet long and about one third as wide, with thongs or cords stretched across it, and having a support and holder for the foot; used by persons for walking on soft snow. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| water hare | <zoology> A small American hare or rabbit (Lepus aquaticus) found on or near the southern coasts of the United States. Synonym: water rabbit, and swamp hare. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| hare | 1. <zoology> A rodent of the genus Lepus, having long hind legs, a short tail, and a divided upper lip. It is a timid animal, moves swiftly by leaps, and is remarkable for its fecundity. The species of hares are numerous. The common European hare is Lepustimidus. The northern or varying hare of America (Lepus Americanus), and the prairie hare (Lepus campestris), turn white in winter. In America, the various species of hares are commonly called rabbits. 2. <astronomy> A small constellation situated south of and under the foot of Orion; Lepus. 3. <zoology> Hare kangaroo See Aplysia. Origin: AS. Hara; akin to D. Haas, G. Hase, OHG. Haso, Dan. Ae Sw. Hare, Icel. Hri, Skr. Aa. (06 Mar 1998) |
| hare-hearted | Timorous; timid; easily frightened. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| hare's-ear | <botany> An umbelliferous plant (Bupleurum rotundifolium); so named from the shape of its leaves. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| hare's eye | lagophthalmos |
| hare's-foot fern | <botany> A species of fern (Davallia Canariensis) with a soft, gray, hairy rootstock; whence the name. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| hare's-tail | <botany> A kind of grass (Eriophorum vaginatum). See Cotton grass, under Cotton. Hare's-tail grass, a species of grass (Lagurus ovatus) whose head resembles a hare's tail. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sea hare | <zoology> Any tectibranchiate mollusk of the genus Aplysia. See Aplysia. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bovine virus diarrhoea virus | A virus of the genus Pestivirus, in the family Togaviridae, causing bovine virus diarrhoea; New York, Oregon, and Indiana strains of the virus are recognised. Synonym: mucosal disease virus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| abelson leukaemia virus | A defective murine leukaemia virus capable of transforming lymphoid cells and producing a rapidly progressing lymphoid leukaemia after superinfection with friend, moloney, or rauscher virus. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Abelson murine leukaemia virus | A retrovirus belonging to the Type C retrovirus group subfamily (family Oncovirinae) which is associated with leukaemia and produces in vitro transformation of mouse cells. (05 Mar 2000) |
| adeno-associated virus | <virology> A genus of viruses in the family Parvoviridae which are all defective viruses (unable to replicate by themselves) and depend on the co-infection of their host cell by other, nondefective viruses to help them replicate. (09 Oct 1997) |
| adenoidal-pharyngeal-conjunctival virus | <virology> An icosahedral (20-sided) virus that contains DNA, there are over 40 different adenovirus varieties, some of which cause the common cold. (10 May 1997) |
| adenosatellite virus | <virology> A genus of viruses in the family Parvoviridae which are all defective viruses (unable to replicate by themselves) and depend on the co-infection of their host cell by other, nondefective viruses to help them replicate. (09 Oct 1997) |