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European rabbit   /jˌʊrəpˈiən rˈæbət/   Listen
European rabbit

noun
1.
Common greyish-brown burrowing animal native to southern Europe and northern Africa but introduced elsewhere; widely domesticated and developed in various colors and for various needs; young are born naked and helpless.  Synonyms: Old World rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus.






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... as the advent of a new zoological species changes the faunal and floral equilibrium of the region in which it appears. We all recollect Mr. Darwin's famous statement of the influence of cats on the growth of clover in their neighborhood. We all have read of the effects of the European rabbit in New Zealand, and we have many of us taken part in the controversy about the English sparrow here,—whether he kills most canker-worms, or drives away most native birds. Just so the great man, whether he be an ...
— The Will to Believe - and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy • William James



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