- wood rabbit, cottontail, cottontail rabbit - common small rabbit of North America having grayish or brownish fur and a tail with a white underside; a host for Ixodes pacificus and Ixodes scapularis (Lyme disease ticks)
--1 is a kind of rabbit, coney, cony
--1 is a member of Sylvilagus, genus Sylvilagus
--1 has parts: rabbit, hare
--1 has particulars:eastern cottontail, Sylvilagus floridanus; swamp rabbit, canecutter, swamp hare, Sylvilagus aquaticus; marsh hare, swamp rabbit, Sylvilagus palustris