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Rabbit   /rˈæbət/  /rˈæbɪt/   Listen
noun
Rabbit  n.  (Zool.) Any of the smaller species of the genus Lepus, especially the common European species (Lepus cuniculus), which is often kept as a pet, and has been introduced into many countries. It is remarkably prolific, and has become a pest in some parts of Australia and New Zealand. Note: The common American rabbit (Lepus sylvatica) is similar but smaller. See Cottontail, and Jack rabbit, under 2d Jack. The larger species of Lepus are commonly called hares. See Hare.
Angora rabbit (Zool.), a variety of the domestic rabbit having long, soft fur.
Rabbit burrow, a hole in the earth made by rabbits for shelter and habitation.
Rabbit fish. (Zool.)
(a)
The northern chimaera (Chimaera monstrosa).
(b)
Any one of several species of plectognath fishes, as the bur fish, and puffer. The term is also locally applied to other fishes.
Rabbits' ears. (Bot.) See Cyclamen.
Rabbit warren, a piece of ground appropriated to the breeding and preservation of rabbits.
Rock rabbit.
(a)
(Zool.) See Daman, and Klipdas.
(b)
the pika.
Welsh rabbit, a dish of which the chief constituents are melted cheese over toasted bread, flavored in various ways, as with ale, beer, milk, or spices. The name is popularly said to be a corruption of Welsh rare bit, but it is probably merely a humorous designation; also called Welsh rarebit.



verb
rabbit  v. i.  To hunt rabbits.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Rabbit" Quotes from Famous Books



... graduate volunteered to introduce him to an Oxford don through whom, if it were at all possible, he could reach the author. The journey to Oxford was made, and Bok was introduced to the don, who turned out to be no less a person than the original possessor of the highly colored vocabulary of the "White Rabbit" ...
— The Americanization of Edward Bok - The Autobiography of a Dutch Boy Fifty Years After • Edward William Bok (1863-1930)

... upon our efforts, and we only succeeded in killing a deer and a pig. I found my first experience in shooting from a howdah to be anything but agreeable: the deer bounds through the long grass as a rabbit would through turnips; and, at the moment one catches a glimpse of his head, the elephant is sure to be going down a steep place, or stopping or going on suddenly, or trumpeting, or doing something which ...
— A Journey to Katmandu • Laurence Oliphant

... Snowshoe Rabbit was taken, but one individual was observed by H. B. Tordoff on June 18, 1954, at locality 8. Droppings of a large lagomorph were seen in the woods, and tracks ...
— Mammals of the Grand Mesa, Colorado • Sydney Anderson

... Highness, he did look forward. It was near the skirts of the forest, there was a green glade before them, and very few trees, and therefore he could see far a-head. The moon was shining very bright, and sure enough, what did he see? Running as fleet over the turf as a rabbit, was a child. The little figure was quite black in the moonlight, and Hans could not catch its face: in a moment the hell-dogs were on it. Hans quivered like a windy reed, and the Wild One laughed till the very woods echoed. ...
— Vivian Grey • The Earl of Beaconsfield

... Apparently he was quite convinced that the widow's story was true, and Paul felt sick at the news he would have to tell Sylvia. Pash saw the young man, and meeting his indignant eyes darted back into his office like a rabbit into its burrow. The widow sailed out in her calm, serene way, without a look at either Paul or his companion. Yet the young man had an instinct ...
— The Opal Serpent • Fergus Hume


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