Definition of
Rabbit
- (noun, animal) any of various burrowing animals of the family Leporidae having long ears and short tails; some domesticated and raised for pets or food
- (noun, substance) the fur of a rabbit
- (noun, food) flesh of any of various rabbits or hares (wild or domesticated) eaten as food
- (verb, competition) hunt rabbits
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Alternate forms of Rabbit
Derivations: rabbit
Hyponyms: angora, angora rabbit, belgian hare, bunny, bunny rabbit, cottontail, cottontail rabbit, european rabbit, lapin, leporide, old world rabbit, oryctolagus cuniculus, rabbit ears, wood rabbit
Hypernyms: fur, game, hunt, hunt down, leporid, leporid mammal, pelt, run, track down
Origin of the word Rabbit
- late 14c., "young of the coney," from Fr. dialect (cf. Walloon rob?te), dim. of Flem. or M.Du. robbe "rabbit," of unknown origin. The adult was a coney (q.v.) until 18c.
"Zoologically speaking, there are no native rabbits in the United States; they are all hares. But the early colonists, for some unknown reason, dropped the word hare out of their… more
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Words that sound like Rabbit
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