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arctic hare

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A North-American hare of species Lepus arcticus, that is white, usually year round, found in the Arctic.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

Alternative letter-case form of arctic hare.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, countable, uncountable

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3

noun

Meaning 3

a large hare of northern North America; it is almost completely white in winter

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: polar hare, Lepus arcticus

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: hare

History

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Across languages

Translations

39 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Basque: erbi artiko — Lepus arcticus
  • Breton: gad arktika — Lepus arcticus
  • Catalan: llebre polar — Lepus arcticus
  • Czech: zajíc polární — Lepus arcticus
  • Danish: polarhare — Lepus arcticus
  • Dutch: poolhaas — Lepus arcticus
  • Esperanto: Arkta leporo — Lepus arcticus
  • Faroese: pólhara — Lepus arcticus
  • Finnish: napajänis — Lepus arcticus
  • French: lièvre arctique — Lepus arcticus
  • German: Polarhase — Lepus arcticus
  • Greek: αρκτικός λαγός (arktikós lagós) — Lepus arcticus
  • Hungarian: sarki nyúl — Lepus arcticus
  • Icelandic: pólhéri — Lepus arcticus
  • Inuktitut: ᐅᑲᓕᒃ (okalik) — Lepus arcticus
  • Irish: giorria an Artaigh — Lepus arcticus
  • Italian: lepre artica — Lepus arcticus
  • Korean: 북극토끼 (bukgeuktokki) — Lepus arcticus
  • Latvian: polārzaķis — Lepus arcticus
  • Lithuanian: arktinis kiškis — Lepus arcticus
  • Malay: kelinci artik — Lepus arcticus
  • Malay: arnab kutub — Lepus arcticus
  • Malayalam: ധ്രുവമുയൽ (dhruvamuyal) — Lepus arcticus
  • Maltese: liebru tal-Artiku — Lepus arcticus
  • Western Mari: арктика морен (arktika moren) — Lepus arcticus
  • Mongolian: туйлын туулай (tujlyn tuulaj) — Lepus arcticus
  • Norwegian Bokmål: polarhare — Lepus arcticus
  • Norwegian Bokmål: snøhare — Lepus arcticus
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: polarhare — Lepus arcticus
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: snøhare — Lepus arcticus
  • Polish: zając polarny — Lepus arcticus
  • Portuguese: lebre ártica — Lepus arcticus
  • Romanian: iepure arctic — Lepus arcticus
  • Russian: аркти́ческий беля́к (arktíčeskij belják) — Lepus arcticus
  • Slovak: zajac polárny — Lepus arcticus
  • Spanish: liebre ártica — Lepus arcticus
  • Swedish: polarhare — Lepus arcticus
  • Thai: กระต่ายอาร์กติก (grà-dtàai àak-dtìk) — Lepus arcticus
  • Turkish: kutup tavşanı — Lepus arcticus