Answer by Linda124lyfe. Confidence votes 53. Nimbus is a Latin word meaning cloud or rain storm. The prefix nimbo-or the suffix-nimbus indicates a precipitating cloud; for example, a nimbostratus cloud is a precipitating stratus cloud, and a cumulonimbus cloud is a precipitating cumulus cloud. And it starts from the bottom.
According to NH Fish and Game, snowshoe hare are found throughout New England, across Canada, and south to the Appalachian and Rocky Mountains. In New Hampshire and Maine they are most abundant in the northern three counties. I like finding them down here near the coast because, to me, as a northophile, I love anything reminiscent of the North.
Snowshoe hares are protected by Ohio law and may NOT be hunted. Snowshoe hares are slightly larger than the more familiar cottontail rabbit, and unlike the cottontails, hares turn white during the winter. However, both hares and rabbits will be brown in color at the beginning of Ohioâs rabbit hunting season in November.