March hare

noun

a hare during its breeding season in March, noted for its wild and excitable behaviour (esp in the phrase mad as a March hare)

Example sentences from the Web for march hare

  • The Oracle and the over-production men will totally supplant the March-hare.

    Rural Rides |William Cobbett

  • He is mad as a March-hare himself, by all accounts; but everybody likes him.

    Perlycross |R. D. Blackmore