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pika
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun pika has 1 sense
- pika(n = noun.animal) coney, cony, mouse hare, rock rabbit - small short-eared burrowing mammal of rocky uplands of Asia and western North America; Array is a kind of gnawing mammal, lagomorph
is a member of family ochotonidae, ochotonidae
has particulars: little chief hare, ochotona princeps, collared pika, ochotona collaris
CIDE DICTIONARY
pika, n.
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]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
pika, n. any small rabbit-like mammal of the genus Ochotona, with small ears and no tail.
Etymology
Tungus piika
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