ground game

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• n. Rabbits and hares
• n. Hand-to-hand combat in which both fighters are on the ground, or skill in such combat
• n. Putting; hitting the ball along the ground
• n. Running with the ball, rather than passing
• n. Local political organization

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• n. hares, rabbits, etc., as distinguished from winged game.

from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

• n. Hares, rabbits, and other running game, as distinguished from flying game, as pheasants, grouse, partridges, etc.