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spring-hare|ˈsprɪŋhɛə(r)|
Also springhare, spring hare.
[Partial tr. Afrikaans spring-haas: see springhaas.]
= springhaas.
1822W. J. Burchell Trav. Interior S. Afr. I. 343 Besides the holes of the Aardvark, those of the Springhaas (Springhare)..were very frequent. 1853F. Galton Trop. S. Afr. ix. 281 The spring-hare..is a creature about two feet long, shaped like a kangaroo in body and in tail, but with a different head; it burrows and lives in holes all day, but at night frisks about and grazes. 1912J. Stevenson-Hamilton Anim. Life Afr. xvi. 253 The Spring Hare..is found locally through Africa south of the Equator. 1937K. Blixen Out of Africa ii. 96 The little spring⁓hares were out on the roads..jumping along. 1966E. Palmer Plains of Camdeboo x. 179 All around us in their roomy burrows were springhares, those kangaroo-like creatures with their enormous hind legs that go hoppity⁓hoppity over the veld at night. |
