Canecutter
any of several species of large cottontails inhabiting swamps or marshes.
Read Also:
- Cane-gall
a disease of blackberries, characterized by rough, warty outgrowths on the canes, caused by a bacterium, Agrobacterium rubi.
- Cane-grass
noun (Austral) any of several tall perennial hard-stemmed grasses, esp Eragrostis australasica, of inland swamps
- Cane-piece
noun (in the Caribbean) a field of sugar cane, esp a peasant’s isolated field
- Cane-rat
noun a tropical African cavy-like hystricomorph rodent, Thryonomys swinderianus, that lives in swampy regions: family Thryonomyidae Also called (in W Africa) cutting grass a similar but smaller species, T. gregorianus Historical Examples Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 Various
- Cane-reed
See under cane (def 5). a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick. a long, hollow or pithy, jointed woody stem, as that of bamboo, rattan, sugar cane, and certain palms. a plant having such a stem. split rattan woven or interlaced for chair seats, wickerwork, etc. any of several […]