Rabbit /(răb"bĭt)/
Rab·bit
Rabbit
n.
- 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. (Zool.)
Phrases & Compounds
- Angora rabbit
- 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
- The northern chimaera (Chimaera monstrosa)
- Rabbits' ears
- See Cyclamen.
- Rabbit warren
- a piece of ground appropriated to the breeding and preservation of rabbits.
- Rock rabbit
- See Daman, and Klipdas.
- 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.
rabbit
v. i.
- To hunt rabbits.