canecutter vs cottontail rabbit

canecutter and cottontail rabbit both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
canecutter	Yes	No	No	No
cottontail rabbit	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, cottontail rabbit is a hypernym of canecutter; that is, cottontail rabbit is a word with a broader meaning than canecutter:

canecutter: a wood rabbit of southeastern United States swamps and lowlands
cottontail rabbit: common small rabbit of North America having greyish or brownish fur and a tail with a white underside; a host for Ixodes pacificus and Ixodes scapularis (Lyme disease ticks)

Other hypernyms of canecutter include cottontail, wood rabbit.

canecutter (noun)	cottontail rabbit (noun)
a wood rabbit of southeastern United States swamps and lowlands	common small rabbit of North America having greyish or brownish fur and a tail with a white underside; a host for Ixodes pacificus and Ixodes scapularis (Lyme disease ticks)