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Definition: calling hare
Pika
\Pi"ka\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of several species of tailless rodents of the genus
Ochotona (formerly
Lagomys), resembling small rabbits,
but with short ears alnd legs. They inhabit the high
mountains of Asia and America. Called also
calling hare,
and
crying hare and
rock rabbit. See
Chief hare.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
Chief hare
\Chief" hare`\ (Zo["o]l.)
A small rodent (
Lagamys princeps) inhabiting the summits of
the Rocky Mountains; -- also called
crying hare,
calling hare
,
cony,
American pika, and
little chief hare.
[1913 Webster]
Note: It is not a true hare or rabbit, but belongs to the
curious family
Lagomyid[ae].
[1913 Webster]