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noun
- 1. a gregarious burrowing plant-eating mammal, with long ears, long hind legs, and a short tail.
- 2. a conversation: informal British "we had quite a heated rabbit about it"
verb
- 1. hunt rabbits: "locate the area where you can go rabbiting"
- 2. talk at length, especially about trivial matters: informal British "stop rabbiting on, will you, and go to bed!"
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The meaning of RABBIT is any of a family (Leporidae) of long-eared short-tailed lagomorph mammals with long hind legs. How to use rabbit in a sentence.
Rabbits are small mammals in the family Leporidae (which also includes the hares), which is in the order Lagomorpha (which also includes pikas). The European rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus is the ancestor of the world's hundreds of breeds of domestic rabbit. Sylvilagus includes 13 wild rabbit species, among them the seven types of cottontail.
RABBIT definition: 1. a small animal with long ears and large front teeth that moves by jumping on its long back legs…. Learn more.
Rabbit definition: any of several soft-furred, large-eared, rodentlike burrowing mammals of the family Leporidae, allied with the hares and pikas in the order Lagomorpha, having a divided upper lip and long hind legs, usually smaller than the hares and mainly distinguished from them by bearing blind and furless young in nests rather than fully ...
A rabbit is a small furry animal with long ears. Rabbits are sometimes kept as pets, or live wild in holes in the ground. Rabbit is the flesh of this animal eaten as food. ...rabbit stew.
Jun 27, 2024 · Rabbit, any of 29 species of long-eared mammals belonging to the family Leporidae, excluding hares (genus Lepus). Rabbits are ground dwellers whose habitat ranges from deserts to tropical forests and wetlands. Rabbits differ from hares in size, life history, and preferred habitat.
Definition of rabbit noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
the fur of a rabbit or hare, often processed to imitate another fur. Welsh rabbit . a runner in a distance race whose goal is chiefly to set a fast pace, either to exhaust a particular rival so that a teammate can win or to help another entrant break a record; pacesetter.
RABBIT definition: a small animal with fur and long ears that lives in a hole in the ground. Learn more.
RABBIT meaning: 1 : a small animal that usually lives in holes in the ground and has long ears, soft fur, and back legs that are longer than its front legs; 2 : the fur or meat of a rabbit.
