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   rabbit

   /ˈrabɪt/

   noun

   • 1. a gregarious burrowing plant-eating mammal, with long ears, long hind legs, and a short tail.
   • ▪ the flesh of the rabbit as food: "chunks of rabbit and chicken"
   • ▪ the fur of the rabbit.
   • ▪ a hare.
   • ▪ a poor performer in a sport or game, in particular (in cricket) a poor batter: informal "he was a total rabbit with the bat"
   • ▪ a runner who acts as pacesetter in the first laps of a race. US
   • 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!"
   • 3. move quickly; run away: informal "he rabbited as soon as he saw us coming"

   Word Origin late Middle English: apparently from Old French (compare with French dialect rabotte ‘young rabbit’), perhaps of Dutch origin (compare with Flemish robbe).

   Derivatives

   • 1. rabbity adjective

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   What does rabbit mean?

   • Get a quick, free translation! RABBIT definition: 1. a small animal with long ears and large front teeth that moves by jumping on its long back legs…. Learn more.

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   What is a rabbit etymology?

   • Found in Middle English, rabbit originally meant “young rabbit, bunny,” and was most likely borrowed from a French word. Scholars point us to the Walloon robett and the dialectical Dutch robbe. But from there, it’s an etymological rabbit hole.

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   Is a rabbit a hare?

   • 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 and has been introduced on every continent except Antarctica.

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   What is a young rabbit called?

   • An older term for an adult rabbit used until the 18th century is coney (derived ultimately from the Latin cuniculus), while rabbit once referred only to the young animals. More recently, the term kit or kitten has been used to refer to a young rabbit.

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    noun. any of various burrowing animals of the family Leporidae having long ears and short tails; some domesticated and raised for pets or food. synonyms: coney, cony. see more. noun. flesh of any of various rabbits or hares (wild or domesticated) eaten as food. synonyms: hare. see more. noun. the fur of a rabbit. synonyms: lapin. see more. verb.