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Definition: Lepus cuniculus
Rabbit
\Rab"bit\ (r[a^]b"b[i^]t), n. [OE. rabet, akin to OD.
robbe, robbeken.] (Zo["o]l.)
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.
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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.
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Angora rabbit (Zo["o]l.), 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. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The northern chim[ae]ra (
Chim[ae]ra 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. --Wright.
Rock rabbit.
(a) (Zo["o]l.) 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.
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Cony
\Co"ny\ (? or ?; 277), n. [OE. coning, conig, coni, OF.
connin, conin, connil, fr. L. cuniculus a rabbit, cony, prob.
an Hispanic word.] [Written also
coney.]
1. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A rabbit, esp., the European rabbit (
Lepus cuniculus
).
(b) The chief hare.
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Note: The cony of Scripture is thought to be
Hyrax Syriacus
, called also
daman, and
cherogril. See
Daman.
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2. A simpleton. [Obs.]
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It is a most simple animal; whence are derived our
usual phrases of cony and cony catcher. --Diet's Dry
Dinner (1599).
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3. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) An important edible West Indian fish (
Epinephelus apua
); the hind of Bermuda.
(b) A local name of the burbot. [Eng.]
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