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.
Range: Alaska, Canada, Northern U.S.A. A lso known as the varying hare, this animal has a dark-brown coat in summer that turns white in winter, except for a black edging on the ear tips. This coat is of undoubted camouflage value, although in fact only the visible tips of the hairs are pure white. Usually active at night and in the early morning, the snowshoe rabbit feeds on juicy green plants and grass in summer and twigs, shoots and buds in winter. The population of these animals fluctuates tremendously on a roughly 10-year cycle, due to the availability of food and predator interactions.