n.
Any of various mammals of the family Leporidae, especially of the genus Lepus, similar to rabbits but having longer ears and legs and giving birth to active, furred young.
intr.v., hared, har·ing, hares.
To move hurriedly, as if hunting a swift quarry.
[Middle English, from Old English hara.]
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